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We are excited to announce the launch of several enhancements to our website! These new pages are designed to make it easier to find reports with policy options—for changing federal tax and spending policies—and to find answers to FAQs.
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At a conference organized by the Brookings Institution, Director Doug Elmendorf discussed the ways in which CBO quantifies uncertainty and why most of the agency’s estimates are presented as point values.
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Last week Director Doug Elmendorf spoke at Macroeconomic Advisers’ Washington Policy Seminar and at Cornell University.
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CBO is excited to announce the launch of its YouTube channel! We will post videos of Congressional testimonies, press briefings, and other events involving CBO.
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CBO projects that interest payments on the federal debt will more than triple under current law over the next decade. What accounts for that large increase?
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Conditions in the labor market have improved notably in recent quarters, but a significant amount of slack in the economy remains. CBO projects that ongoing gains in employment over the next few years will largely eliminate that slack.
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CBO anticipates that the economy will grow slowly this year and then at a faster but still moderate pace over the next few years, driven largely by stronger growth in business investment, consumer spending, and residential investment.
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Director Doug Elmendorf spoke to the press about CBO's latest budget and economic projections. His remarks and slides are included in this blog post.
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The report will be available on CBO's website at 10:00 a.m. on the day of release.
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When supplemental appropriations are being considered, CBO provides the Congress with an estimate of how much of the funds would be spent in the current year and in each of the following 10 years.