President Trump's proposed budget released Tuesday rests on a key assumption: The economy will grow much faster than it has in recent years — and at a more robust pace than most analysts predict.

Goodspeed slammed the proposal for containing "laughable" economic assumptions that reach "far above consensus." REP. JASON SMITH SLAMS BIDEN'S BUDGET: THIS SPENDING IS ONLY GOING TO MAKE ‘LIVES ...

There's already been detailed coverage trickling out, but beyond the details are underlying budget assumptions. More than aggressive, they seem Utopian. When reality comes crashing in, the results ...

“Despite a number of thoughtful spending reforms, it is clear the deficit reduction in the President’s budget does little to fix our fiscal situation. Instead, they rely on economic ...

Assumptions can make or break the argument. In 2017, the Trump administration in its budget used unrealistic economic projections, as I argued in a post on Forbes.com. Although this wasn’t the ...

Most of the budget assumptions in the original 2025 proposal by outgoing President Joko Widodo were approved, except for the rupiah exchange rate against the dollar, 10-year bond yield and oil ...