Outlook for the Budget and the Economy
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A Presentation on CBO’s Latest Budget and Economic Projections
CBO Director Phillip Swagel spoke about the agency’s latest 10-year budget and economic projections at an event hosted by the Concord Coalition.
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CBO to Issue New Budget Projections on February 11
CBO will release The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2021 to 2031 at 2 p.m. on Thursday, February 11. The report will include a brief description of CBO’s latest 10-year budget projections and reprise the economic projections issued this week.
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CBO to Issue New Economic Projections on February 1
CBO will release An Overview of the Economic Outlook: 2021 to 2031 at 11 a.m. on Monday, February 1. The report will include a brief description of CBO’s latest 10-year economic projections.
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Director’s Statement on The 2020 Long-Term Budget Outlook
CBO Director Phill Swagel focuses on the long-term fiscal challenges facing the nation in his statement on CBO’s report The 2020 Long-Term Budget Outlook.
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A Presentation on CBO’s Latest Budget Projections
In a talk before the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Chief Economists Committee, CBO Director Phillip Swagel spoke about CBO’s latest 10-year budget projections.
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CBO to Release Updated Budget Projections on September 2
The report will contain CBO’s latest baseline budget projections, which will be based on the economic projections that the agency released in July and will incorporate legislation enacted through August 4.
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CBO to Release Updated Economic Projections on July 2
The report will provide CBO’s first complete set of 10-year economic projections since January. It will update the interim projections that the agency published in May, which focused on 2020 and 2021.
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CBO’s Current Projections of Output, Employment, and Interest Rates and a Preliminary Look at Federal Deficits for 2020 and 2021
CBO discusses its preliminary projections of key economic variables and its preliminary assessments of federal budget deficits and debt through 2021. The amounts include the effects of legislation enacted in response to the pandemic.
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CBO Releases Infographics About the Federal Budget in Fiscal Year 2019
View CBO’s budget infographics to see how much the federal government spent and took in during fiscal year 2019, as well as broader trends in the budget over the past few decades.
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Updating CBO’s Economic Forecast to Account for the Pandemic
As a result of the continued disruption of commerce stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, CBO expects the unemployment rate to exceed 10 percent as gross domestic product declines during the second quarter.