Outlook for the Budget and the Economy
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Snapshot of Spending for Military Retirement Pay
Spending for military retirement pay and survivors’ annuities will rise by more than 30 percent over the next decade, CBO projects.
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Snapshot of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
The number of people receiving benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has risen sharply in recent years—from about 26 million in 2007 to nearly 47 million in 2012.
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Projected Spending and Revenues in Historical Context
After a recent hearing, CBO was asked by a Member of Congress: “Based on historical trends of revenue and spending, is the primary driver of deficits over the next ten years historically high spending?” Today’s post answers that question.
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Snapshot of Guarantees of New Residential Mortgages
By 2012, more than 95 percent of new mortgages were federally guaranteed. CBO expects that percentage to drop sharply in coming years under current law.
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Snapshot of the Highway Trust Fund
CBO projects that, starting in 2015, the highway account of the Highway Trust Fund will have insufficient revenues to meet its obligations, resulting in steadily accumulating shortfalls.
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Snapshot of Child Nutrition Programs
Under current law, total funding for child nutrition programs will grow from $20 billion in 2013 to $29 billion in 2023, CBO projects.
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Snapshot of Unemployment Benefits
Since 2008, during and after the most recent recession, temporary programs have significantly expanded the benefits available to unemployed people.
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Snapshots of CBO’s Budget Outlook
To expand CBO’s efforts to communicate the analysis we do for the Congress in new and easily accessible ways, CBO will release “snapshots” of the budget outlook.
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Presentation to the National Association for Business Economics
CBO Director Doug Elmendorf's Presentation to the National Association for Business Economics
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How Have CBO’s Projections of Spending for Medicare and Medicaid Changed Since the August 2012 Baseline?
In its most recent baseline projections, CBO reduced its estimates of spending for the Medicare and Medicaid programs compared with its estimates in the August 2012 baseline.