President's Budget

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    An Analysis of the President’s 2018 Budget

    Under the President’s proposals, budget deficits from 2018 through 2027 would total nearly one-third less than those in CBO’s baseline projections, ranging between 2.6 percent and 3.3 percent of GDP, down from 3.6 percent in 2017.

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    Glossary

    This glossary defines various budgetary and economic terms that are commonly used in reports produced by CBO.

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    A Macroeconomic Analysis of the President’s 2017 Budget

    The President’s budget proposals would make U.S. output larger over the next decade than it would be under current law—mostly by changing immigration laws. The economic effects would affect the budget in ways that would reduce deficits.

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    An Analysis of the President’s 2017 Budget

    CBO and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) project that, between 2017 and 2026, the President’s budget would result in deficits averaging 3 percent of GDP and totaling $6.9 trillion, $2.4 trillion less than CBO’s baseline.

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    A Macroeconomic Analysis of the President’s 2016 Budget

    The President’s policies would make U.S. output larger over the next decade than it would be under current law—mostly by changing immigration laws. Such economic effects would feed back into the budget in ways that would reduce deficits.

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    An Analysis of the President's 2016 Budget

    CBO projects the President’s budget would result in deficits totaling $6.0 trillion between 2016 and 2025, $1.2 trillion less than under CBO’s current-law baseline. By 2025, debt would total about $1 trillion less than in CBO’s baseline.

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    How CBO Analyzes the Effects of Changes in Federal Fiscal Policies on the Economy

    In certain reports and for some major pieces of legislation, CBO analyzes the short- and longer-term effects on the overall economy of changes in federal tax and spending policies. This report explains the methods that CBO uses.

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    The Economic Effects of the President’s 2015 Budget

    The President’s policies would make U.S. output larger over the next decade than it would be under current law—mostly by changing immigration laws. Such economic effects would feed back into the budget in ways that would reduce deficits.

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    An Analysis of the President's 2015 Budget

    Enacting the President’s proposals would, CBO and JCT estimate, result in deficits totaling $6.6 trillion between 2015 and 2024, $1.0 trillion less than the cumulative deficit in CBO’s current-law baseline.

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    An Analysis of the President’s 2014 Budget

    Enactment of the President’s proposals would, CBO and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation estimate, result in deficits totaling $5.2 trillion between 2014 and 2023, $1.1 trillion less than the cumulative deficit in CBO’s baseline.