Economy
- Report
Effect of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s Final Rule on Special Financial Assistance
CBO responds to a request for information on the effects of a final rule issued in July 2022 by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation regarding special financial assistance provided to pension plans under the American Rescue Plan Act.
- Report
How Inflation Has Affected Households at Different Income Levels Since 2019
CBO examines how inflation has affected households at different income levels and compares inflation since 2019 with the growth in household income over the same period.
- Working Paper
The Congressional Budget Office’s Small-Scale Policy Model: Working Paper 2022-08
CBO's small-scale policy model determines in one model the short-run demand-driven responses and long-run supply-driven responses to policy changes. It also makes short- and long-run responses depend on the fiscal policy under study.
- Report
How the Federal Reserve’s Quantitative Easing Affects the Federal Budget
In this report, CBO examines the mechanisms by which quantitative easing — large asset purchasing programs conducted by the Federal Reserve— affects the federal budget deficit.
- Presentation
How CBO Forecasts Inflation
Presentation by Bob Arnold, Unit Chief in CBO's Macroeconomic Analysis Division, to the Society of Actuaries.
- Report
CBO’s Projections of Federal Receipts and Expenditures as Measured by the National Income and Product Accounts: 2022 to 2032
This report presents CBO’s revenue and outlay projections for 2022 to 2032 translated to the receipts and expenditures used in the national income and product accounts framework.
- Report
Economic Analysis of Budget Reconciliation Legislation
CBO provides answers to four questions that Senator Lindsey Graham asked related to H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, and broader economic conditions.
- Presentation
An Overview of the 2022 Long-Term Budget Outlook
Presentation by Phillip Swagel, CBO’s Director, at an event hosted by the American Enterprise Institute.
- Report
Budgetary Costs of Higher Interest Rates and Inflation
CBO responds to three questions that Congressman Jason Smith asked about the budgetary costs of higher interest rates and inflation.
- Presentation
An Overview of the 2022 Long-Term Budget Outlook
Presentation by Phillip Swagel, CBO’s Director, to the National Economists Club.