Outlook for the Budget and the Economy
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Automatic Stabilizers in the Federal Budget: 2022 to 2032
CBO projects the budgetary effects of automatic stabilizers—as well as the size of deficits without them—from 2022 to 2032 and provides historical estimates of the stabilizers’ effects since 1972.
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How CBO Forecasts Inflation
Presentation by Bob Arnold, Unit Chief in CBO's Macroeconomic Analysis Division, to the Society of Actuaries.
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CBO’s Projections of Federal Receipts and Expenditures as Measured by the National Income and Product Accounts: 2022 to 2032
This report presents CBO’s revenue and outlay projections for 2022 to 2032 translated to the receipts and expenditures used in the national income and product accounts framework.
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Economic Analysis of Budget Reconciliation Legislation
CBO provides answers to four questions that Senator Lindsey Graham asked related to H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, and broader economic conditions.
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Budgetary Costs of Higher Interest Rates and Inflation
CBO responds to three questions that Congressman Jason Smith asked about the budgetary costs of higher interest rates and inflation.
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The 2022 Long-Term Budget Outlook
The U.S. faces a challenging fiscal outlook according to CBO's extended baseline projections, which show budget deficits and federal debt held by the public growing steadily in relation to gross domestic product over the next three decades.
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CBO’s Economic Forecast: Understanding Productivity Growth
Presentation by Aaron Betz, an analyst in CBO’s Macroeconomic Analysis Division, at the NABE Foundation's 19th Annual Economic Measurement Seminar.
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Answers to Questions for the Record Following a Hearing on The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2022 to 2032
The House Committee on the Budget convened a hearing at which Phillip L. Swagel, CBO's Director, testified. This document provides CBO’s answers to questions submitted for the record.
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Quantifying the Uncertainty of Long-Term Economic Projections
Presentation by U. Devrim Demirel, CBO's Fiscal Policy Studies Unit Chief, and James Otterson at the 28th International Conference of The Society for Computational Economics.
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Budget and Economic Projections
Presentation by Phillip Swagel, CBO’s Director, at the Committee for Economic Development’s Policy Conference.