Outlook for the Budget and the Economy
- Blog Post
CBO to Release Updated Baseline Budget Projections on May 12
CBO will release a report updating its 10-year budget baseline on May 12, and an analysis of the President’s 2024 discretionary proposals on May 18. Also in May, CBO will release an updated report on federal debt and the statutory limit.
- Report
CBO Explains How It Develops the Budget Baseline
The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 requires CBO to produce an annual report on federal spending, revenues, and deficits or surpluses. This document provides answers to questions about how CBO prepares those baseline budget projections.
- Presentation
U.S. Macroeconomic & Fiscal Outlook
Presentation by Phillip Swagel, CBO’s Director, at the Annual Economic Policy Conference of the National Association for Business Economics.
- Blog Post
Presentations
CBO Director Phillip Swagel discusses his recent and upcoming presentations on CBO’s latest budget and economic projections.
- Interactive
Workbook for How Changes in Economic Conditions Might Affect the Federal Budget: 2023 to 2033
This workbook allows users to define and analyze alternative economic scenarios by specifying differences in the values of four economic variables relative to the values underlying CBO's February 2023 projections.
- Presentation
The Economy and the Budget
Presentation by Phillip Swagel, CBO’s Director, to the Prosperity Caucus.
- Report
Spending Reductions That Would Balance the Budget in 2033
CBO provides information about two budgetary paths specified by Chairman Whitehouse and Chairman Wyden that would eliminate the deficit through reductions in spending.
- Presentation
The Budget, the Economy, and the Budgetary Effects of Legislative Changes
A briefing by Phillip Swagel, CBO’s Director, for the U.S. House of Representatives.
- Presentation
The Budget: Health Care, Energy, and Telecommunications
Presentation by Phillip Swagel, CBO’s Director, to the Republican Members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
- Presentation
A Presentation on The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2023 to 2033
Presentation by Phillip Swagel, CBO’s Director, to the Committee for Economic Development of the Conference Board.