Outlook for the Budget and the Economy
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CBO to Release Updated Budget and Economic Projections on August 21
CBO will release An Update to the Budget and Economic Outlook: 2019 to 2029 on Wednesday, August 21, at 11:00 a.m. The report will contain the agency’s latest budget and economic projections.
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Background for the Director’s Remarks to the Aspen Economic Strategy Group
On Monday, July 29, CBO Director Phill Swagel will speak to the Aspen Economic Strategy Group about the long-term fiscal challenges facing the nation. This blog post is provided to the members of the audience as background for those remarks.
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Director’s Statement on The 2019 Long-Term Budget Outlook
In our extended baseline projections in The 2019 Long-Term Budget Outlook, budget deficits drive federal debt held by the public to unprecedented levels.
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CBO Releases Interactive Federal Budget Infographic
CBO released an interactive graphic showing the overall federal budget in fiscal year 2018 as part of its annual update of infographics on the federal budget.
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CBO to Release Long-Term Budget Projections on June 25
CBO will release The 2019 Long-Term Budget Outlook at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 25. The report presents projections of what federal spending, revenues, deficits, and debt would be for the next 30 years if current laws generally did not change.
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Director’s Statement on CBO’s Updated 10-Year Baseline Budget Projections
Overall, our baseline budget projections, which reflect the assumption that current laws generally remain in place, have changed little since January, when we released The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2019 to 2029. In our projections, federal debt continues to rise from its already high level because of persistently large budget deficits.
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CBO to Release Updated Baseline Budget Projections on May 2
On May 2, CBO plans to release updated 10-year baseline budget projections. At the same time, CBO will release Federal Subsidies for Health Insurance Coverage for People Under Age 65: 2019 to 2029.
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CBO Begins Posting Narrated Presentations
To make the slides from presentations given by its staff members more informative, CBO is beginning to include narration with some of them. The first examples involve our most recent 10-year economic forecast and our analysis of the Navy’s 2019 shipbuilding plan.
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How the 2017 Tax Act Has Affected CBO’s GDP and Budget Projections Since January 2017
CBO Director Keith Hall discusses changes to CBO’s economic forecast since January 2017 and provides an estimate of the portion of those changes that can be attributed to the enactment of the 2017 tax act.
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Director's Statement on The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2019 to 2029
This morning I briefed the press about The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2019 to 2029, which CBO published today. I delivered the following remarks about that report. Also presented here are some answers to questions that I expected to receive.