Economy
- Working Paper
The U.S. Dollar as an International Currency and Its Economic Effects: Working Paper 2023-04
The U.S. dollar’s status as an international currency has contributed to persistent U.S. trade deficits and, by lowering interest rates, to increased access to credit for U.S. households, businesses, and the federal government.
- Report
The Foreign-Born Population, the U.S. Economy, and the Federal Budget
Immigration increases total economic output, although not necessarily output per person. It also affects the federal budget through the taxes that foreign-born people pay and the government programs in which they participate.
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 187, Default Prevention Act
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on March 9, 2023
- Presentation
U.S. Macroeconomic & Fiscal Outlook
Presentation by Phillip Swagel, CBO’s Director, at the Annual Economic Policy Conference of the National Association for Business Economics.
- Blog Post
Presentations
CBO Director Phillip Swagel discusses his recent and upcoming presentations on CBO’s latest budget and economic projections.
- Interactive
Workbook for How Changes in Economic Conditions Might Affect the Federal Budget: 2023 to 2033
This workbook allows users to define and analyze alternative economic scenarios by specifying differences in the values of four economic variables relative to the values underlying CBO's February 2023 projections.
- Presentation
The Economy and the Budget
Presentation by Phillip Swagel, CBO’s Director, to the Prosperity Caucus.
- Report
Financial Commitments of Federal Credit and Insurance Programs, 2012 to 2021
CBO describes the commitments the federal government has made through its credit and insurance programs, including housing, real estate, and student loan programs, deposit insurance, insurance for private pensions, and flood and crop insurance.
- Presentation
The Budget, the Economy, and the Budgetary Effects of Legislative Changes
A briefing by Phillip Swagel, CBO’s Director, for the U.S. House of Representatives.
- Cost Estimate
H.J. Res. 30, Providing for Congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights"
As posted on the Website of the House Committee on Rules on
February 23, 2023