Budget Projections
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FY 2024 Ends with $1.8 Trillion Deficit
Read moreThe U.S. Department of the Treasury recently released its final Monthly Treasury Statement for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, showing a $1.8 trillion deficit...
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CBO Estimates Medicare Coverage of Weight-Loss Drugs
Read moreIn a much-anticipated release, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published projections estimating it would cost Medicare an additional $35 billion...
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CBO Estimates 2024 Deficit Totaled $1.8 Trillion
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its estimate of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget deficit in its Monthly Budget Review, showing a $1.8...
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How Will GDP Numbers Affect Debt Outlook?
Read moreRecently revised data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis shows that Gross Domestic Product is about 1.3 percent larger than previously reported and...
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The 12-Month Rolling Deficit Totals $2.1 Trillion in August 2024
Read moreFrom September 2023 through August 2024, the federal budget deficit totaled $2.1 trillion based on estimates from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO...
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Interest, Social Security, and Health Responsible for Nearly 90% of Spending Growth
Read moreIn the latest Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline, nominal spending is projected to grow from $6.8 trillion in Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 to $10.3...
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12-Month Rolling Deficit Mostly Unchanged After July 2024
Read moreThe federal budget deficit totaled $1.6 trillion over the 12 months between August of 2023 and July of 2024 based on estimates released today by the...
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CBO's June 2024 Budget and Economic Outlook
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office recently released its June 2024 Update to the Budget and Economic Outlook. This report updates the February 2024...
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Meeting Fiscal Goals Under CBO’s June 2024 Baseline
Read moreIt would require nearly $10 trillion of deficit reduction to stabilize debt at its current share of the economy over the next decade, according to the...
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12-Month Deficit Decreases to $1.6 Trillion in June 2024
Read moreThe federal budget deficits totaled $1.6 trillion over the past 12 months, including the $73 billion June deficit released today by the Congressional...
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Debt Surges With Extensions
Read moreBased on new estimates from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), debt could reach 132 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Fiscal Year (FY)...
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Tim Penny & David Minge: Taxes increasingly paying for the past - not the future
Read moreTim Penny is co-chair and David Minge is a an emeritus board member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Both are former representatives...