Outlook for the Budget and the Economy
- Blog Post
CBO Releases New Budget Infographics
Check out CBO’s budget infographics to see how much the federal government spent and took in during fiscal year 2013 and other information about the government’s budget and debt.
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Discretionary Spending in 2013: An Infographic
This infographic is part of a set of four being released today about the federal budget.
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Mandatory Spending in 2013: An Infographic
This infographic is part of a set of four being released today about the federal budget.
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Revenues in 2013: An Infographic
This infographic is part of a set of four being released today about the federal budget.
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The Federal Budget in 2013: An Infographic
This infographic is part of a set of four about the federal budget. See how much the government spent and took in during 2013 as well as other information about the budget, deficits, and debt.
- Data and Technical Information
Budgetary Effects of Selected Policy Alternatives Not Included in CBO's Baseline
April 2014 Baseline
- Data and Technical Information
Costs for Mandatory Programs That Continue Beyond Their Current Expiration Date in CBO's Baseline
April 2014 Baseline
- Report
Updated Budget Projections: 2014 to 2024
The deficit will decrease to $492 billion in 2014, CBO projects. But under current law, deficits will begin rising again in 2016—and by 2024, debt will reach 78 percent of GDP, twice the average of the past 40 years.
- Report
Updated Estimates of the Effects of the Insurance Coverage Provisions of the Affordable Care Act, April 2014
CBO and JCT have lowered their estimates of the net federal cost of the ACA’s insurance coverage provisions—to $1.4 trillion over the next decade, about $100 billion less than estimated in February.
- Blog Post
Updated Estimates of the Insurance Coverage Provisions of the Affordable Care Act
CBO’s updated estimates of the effects of the Affordable Care Act’s insurance coverage provisions, which were published in the agency’s recent report on the budget and economic outlook, do not differ much from those released in May 2013.