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Jun 19, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Summarizing the FY 2019 House Budget Resolution

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May 24, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

CBO’s Analysis of the President’s FY 2019 Budget

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May 18, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Congress Has Never Failed to Propose a Budget

There has never been a year where at least one of the two congressional Budget Committees have not proposed a budget. Since the modern budget...
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May 17, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Paul & Sanford Introduce Penny Plans

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) and Representative Mark Sanford (R-SC) have introduced “penny plans” that would balance the budget within a decade through a...
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May 14, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Economics

It Would Take Nearly Unprecedented Economic Growth to Balance the Budget

Increased economic growth has often been cited as a solution to our fiscal problems or as a way to offset deficit-increasing legislation....
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May 4, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Mandatory Spending Makes Up the Bulk of Spending Growth

Over four-fifths of the growth in nominal spending over the next decade is driven by Social Security, federal health programs, and interest on the...
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Apr 30, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Chartbook: America's Budget Outlook

Below is a chartbook on America's deteriorating budget outlook.   Update (5/15/18): We clarified the footnote on slide 9 to more clearly...
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Apr 30, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

A "Cheat Sheet" to Our Recent Work on Debt

Over the past month, we've been explaining different elements of CBO's recent budget outlook. Below is a summary of our recent work. Decade of...
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Apr 27, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Republican Study Committee Releases FY 2019 Budget

While the House and Senate Budget Committees have yet to release a budget for FY 2019, the Republican Study Committee (RSC) has released its own...
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Apr 26, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Budget Barometer: 6 Key Debt Numbers

A good way to judge the national debt is as a share of the overall economy (or GDP). Based on the latest figures from the Congressional Budget...
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Apr 25, 2018 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Social Security

CBO Sees Major Trust Fund Exhaustions On The Horizon

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that three major trust funds will deplete their reserves within the next ten years, with a fourth...
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