Long-Term Budget Analysis
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The Congressional Budget Office: Its Role, Long-Term Projections, and Use of Research
Presentation by Keith Hall, CBO Director, at the 19th annual meeting of the Retirement Research Consortium.
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Health Care Spending Today and in the Future: Impacts on Federal Deficits and Debt
Presentation by Jessica Banthin, Deputy Assistant Director in CBO’s Health, Retirement, and Long-Term Analysis Division, at a conference organized by the Center for Sustainable Health Spending.
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The 2017 Budget and Economic Outlook
Presentation by Jeff Werling, Assistant Director, Macroeconomic Analysis Division, for the REALTOR® University Speaker Series.
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The 2017 Long-Term Budget Outlook
If current laws remained generally unchanged, the United States would face steadily increasing federal budget deficits and debt over the next 30 years—reaching the highest level of debt relative to GDP ever experienced in this country.
- Blog Post
CBO to Release Long-Term Budget Outlook on March 30
The 2017 Long-Term Budget Outlook will be available on CBO’s website at 10:00 a.m. on the day of release.
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CBO’s Assessment of the Long-Term Budget Outlook and Its Approach to Dynamic Analysis
Presentation by Wendy Edelberg, an Associate Director for Economic Analysis at CBO, at the Australian Treasury Research Institute's conference, Modelling for Public Policy Analysis: Emerging Trends and Future Directions.
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CBO’s 2016 Long-Term Projections for Social Security: Additional Information
Under current law, CBO projects, Social Security’s trust funds, considered together, will be exhausted in 2029. In that case, benefits in 2030 would need to be reduced by 29 percent from the scheduled amounts.
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Answers to Questions for the Record From Ranking Member Becerra Following a Hearing by the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security on Understanding Social Security’s Solvency Challenge
The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security convened a hearing at which CBO’s Director testified on financial shortfalls projected for Social Security. This document provides CBO’s answers to questions submitted for the record.
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Comparing CBO’s Long-Term Projections With Those of the Social Security Trustees
Presentation by Julie Topoleski, Chief of the Long-Term Analysis Unit in CBO’s Health, Retirement, and Long-Term Analysis Division, to the Social Security Advisory Board.
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Answers to Questions for the Record From Chairman Johnson Following a Hearing by the House Subcommittee on Social Security, Committee on Ways and Means, on the Comparison of CBO’s Long-Term Projections With Those of the Social Security Trustees
The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security convened a hearing at which CBO’s Director testified on financial shortfalls projected for Social Security. This document provides CBO’s answers to questions submitted for the record.