In an interview, Phill Swagel defended the CBO’s forecasting record as Republicans blast the fiscal scorekeeping agency’s ...

Swagel’s appointment has drawn favorable reviews, including from people who worked with him or knew him when he served in the Bush administration. “Phill’s a terrific choice,” said Charles ...

A migrant girl, traveling with her family as they seek asylum in the United States, plays near the border wall near Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, on Feb. 1. (Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters) As the economy ...

I liked a lot of the proposals. I think one of the things you're seeing from the discussion with Phil Swagel, is there are a lot of things here that should have bipartisan support - things like ...

Phill Swagel, the Republican chief of the Congressional Budget Office, also said the tariff plan would hurt American consumers in the short term. “It reduces the efficiency of the economy.

On the C-SPAN Networks: Phillip L. Swagel is a Director for the Congressional Budget Office with 35 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2005 Forum as a Resident Scholar ...

WASHINGTON—Congressional leaders have chosen Phillip Swagel, a top Treasury Department economist during the George W. Bush administration, as the next director of the Congressional Budget Office ...

The new analysis from CBO director Phill Swagel includes preliminary estimates for how the economy will perform through the end of 2021 – and some of the numbers are pretty shocking. Here’s a ...

Here is one clear lesson from the economic meltdown of 2008: Any future U.S. administration will intervene directly and heavily if faced with a potentially devastating economic crisis. Market ...

Congressional Budget Office Director Phillip Swagel joined ‘Cavuto: Coast to Coast’ to discuss government spending as Speaker McCarthy pledges spending cuts after GOP revolt.