Outlook for the Budget and the Economy
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CBO Testifies on the Budget and Economic Outlook
I testified twice this week about CBO’s latest projections for the economy and the budget—on Tuesday to the Senate Budget Committee, and on Wednesday to the House Budget Committee.
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Looming Policy Decisions May Have a Substantial Effect on the Budget Outlook
Yesterday CBO released The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2023. In that report, CBO projects that the federal deficit will drop to $845 billion in 2013—its smallest size since 2008.
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CBO Now Plans To Release Budget and Economic Outlook on February 5
CBO now plans to release its annual Budget and Economic Outlook on Tuesday, February 5, a day later than originally scheduled.
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The Challenge of Deficit Reduction
In fiscal year 2012, the federal budget deficit surpassed $1 trillion for the fourth year in a row.
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CBO Releases Its Annual Summer Update of the Budget and Economic Outlook
Today CBO released An Update to the Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2022. The report, issued annually in the late summer, contains the agency’s updated economic and budget projections spanning the period from 2012 through 2022.
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CBO To Release Updated Budget and Economic Outlook On August 22
The Congressional Budget Office will release The Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update on Wednesday, August 22. That report, which CBO issues annually in the late summer, will contain the agency’s updated economic and budget projections spanning the period from 2012 through 2022.
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Breakfast with Reporters
I was pleased to speak early yesterday with a group of reporters who gather regularly at the invitation of the Christian Science Monitor. (Audio of the event is below.)
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CBO Testified on the Long-Term Budget Outlook
I testified this morning to the House Budget Committee about the Long-Term Budget Outlook that CBO released yesterday.
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CBO Releases the 2012 Long-Term Budget Outlook
This morning CBO released the latest in its series of reports on the long-term budget outlook. CBO also published an infographic that highlights the key points of the report.
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CBO Releases Updated Budget Projections for Fiscal Years 2012 to 2022
As it usually does in March, CBO has updated the baseline budget projections that it released in January.