Long-Term Economic Analysis
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The 2016 Long-Term Budget Outlook in 22 Slides
This slide deck provides a quick overview of CBO's report, The 2016 Long-Term Budget Outlook.
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The 2016 Long-Term Budget Outlook: An Infographic
This infographic provides an overview of CBO's report, The 2016 Long-Term Budget Outlook. Gain quick insight into why CBO projects a substantial imbalance in the federal budget beyond the next 10 years.
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The 2016 Long-Term Budget Outlook
If current laws remained generally unchanged, the United States would face steadily increasing federal budget deficits and debt over the next 30 years—reaching the highest level of debt relative to GDP ever experienced in this country.
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Budgetary and Economic Outcomes Under Paths for Federal Revenues and Noninterest Spending Specified by Chairman Price, March 2016
Under budgetary paths (not particular policies) specified by Chairman Price, the budget would show a surplus in 2026. In comparison with CBO's extended baseline, economic output would be lower in the next few years but higher after 2020.
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The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2016 to 2026
CBO estimates that the federal budget deficit in 2016 will be $544 billion, raising debt held by the public to 76 percent of GDP. Solid short-term growth in the economy is projected to be followed by slower growth in subsequent years.
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The Uncertainty of Long-Term Budget Projections
Presentation by Ben Page, CBO's Fiscal Policy Studies Unit Chief, at the National Tax Association 108th Annual Conference on Taxation
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Recent Presentations on CBO’s Budget Projections
CBO Director Keith Hall spoke to the Board of Trustees for the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation about CBO’s latest long-term projections.
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Long-Term Analysis of Fiscal Policy at CBO
Presentation by Wendy Edelberg, CBO’s Assistant Director for Macroeconomic Analysis, to the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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CBO’s Assessment of the Long-Term Outlook for Interest Rates
Presentation by Wendy Edelberg, CBO’s Assistant Director for Macroeconomic Analysis, at the Social Security Trustees Working Group
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Presentation on CBO’s Long-Term Budget Outlook
Director Keith Hall spoke to the Center for Strategic Tax Reform, highlighting the key points of CBO’s latest long-term budget projections.