Budget Projections
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CBO Shows That Policymakers Could Make the Long-Term Outlook Much Worse
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today released a look at various long-term budget scenarios. Most notably, the report shows how much more bleak... -
Mandatory Spending Makes Up the Bulk of Spending Growth
Read moreOver four-fifths of the growth in nominal spending over the next decade is driven by Social Security, federal health programs, and interest on the... -
CBO Sees Major Trust Fund Exhaustions On The Horizon
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office estimates that three major trust funds will deplete their reserves within the next ten years, with a fourth exhausting... -
What If Interest Rates Are 1 Point Higher? $1.9 Trillion in Extra Costs
Read moreInterest costs are the fastest growing part of the budget, with the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projecting interest payments will more than... -
Analysis of CBO’s April 2018 Budget and Economic Outlook
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its ten-year budget and economic outlook today, showing that recent legislation has made an already... -
Chartbook: America's Deteriorating Budget Outlook
Read moreAn updated version of this chartbook is available here Below is a chartbook on America's deteriorating budget outlook. -
Maya MacGuineas: Federal Budget Increasingly Tilted Against Investment in Children
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently... -
Updating the U.S. Budget Outlook
Read moreNote (4/30/2018): This paper was published before CBO's April 2018 baseline, which provides official estimates of the fiscal situation. For the... -
Trillion-Dollar Deficits Could Return Next Year, But A Deal Could Make Them Worse
Read moreTrillion-dollar deficits will return next year, and a budget deal in the coming weeks could make them much worse. The continuing resolution (CR) that... -
Our Top 10 Charts of 2017
Read moreThe year 2017 was a busy time for budget policy as lawmakers considered major legislation dealing with health care and taxes following the... -
Maya MacGuineas: An Opportunity to Improve the Tax Bill While Replacing the PAYGO Sequester
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently... -
Maya MacGuineas: Congress, Dump the Budget Gimmicks – We Need Real Reform
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...