Long-Term Budget Analysis
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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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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 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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CBO Releases an Interactive Tool for Analyzing the Effects of Certain Social Security Policies
This interactive tool lets users select different combinations of policies and see the effect on the finances of the Social Security system, as well as the impact on different groups of people.
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Uncertainty of CBO’s Long-Term Projections
In June, CBO released The 2018 Long-Term Budget Outlook, describing the agency’s projections of federal spending, revenues, deficits, and debt over the next 30 years. This post discusses the uncertainty surrounding those projections.
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The 2018 Long-Term Budget Outlook at a Glance
In June, CBO released The 2018 Long-Term Budget Outlook, describing the agency’s projections of federal spending, revenues, deficits, and debt over the next 30 years. This post presents some of the key takeaways from that report.
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Director’s Statement on The 2018 Long-Term Budget Outlook
Today CBO released The 2018 Long-Term Budget Outlook. The report finds that if current laws generally remained unchanged, growing budget deficits would boost debt sharply in coming years.
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CBO to Release Long-Term Budget Outlook on June 26
CBO will release The 2018 Long-Term Budget Outlook at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 26. The long-term projections—which span 30 years—are consistent with CBO’s latest 10-year budget and economic projections.
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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.