Budget Projections

When the financial crisis began at the end of 2007, it soon became clear that the government would need to run higher deficits in response. Tax...

As we've said before, while the new budget projections from the CBO are an encouraging sign, it is easy to be overly optimistic about what the...

As we have written before, the CBO recently released updated projections that show an improvement in the fiscal climate. Based on CRFB’s realistic...

The CBO has now spoken on how the President's budget would affect the fiscal outlook. Debt would fall to 70 percent of GDP by 2023, compared to 73...

Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its analysis of President Obama’s FY 2014 budget request. CRFB has released a reaction to the...

Although it may be difficult to get an updated comprehensive score of the Affordable Care Act from CBO, CBO has updated its estimate of the coverage...

In February, we wrote the paper " Our Debt Problems Are Far From Solved," laying out the case for putting debt on a clear downward path as a percent...

Today, the Congressional Budget Office has released an update to its budget outlook from February. With little legislative changes since February, the...

A recent Washington Post article, “ As Red Ink Recedes, Pressure Fades for a Budget Deal,” suggests that a fall in the short term deficits may...

Continuing our analysis of the President's FY 2014 budget proposal, we turn to how the President's budget would affect long-term revenues and spending...

Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson's new plan, " A Bipartisan Path Forward to Securing America's Future," saves $2.5 trillion to $2.85 trillion over the...

Since the President's budget was released last week, there has been an ongoing debate over how much it saves. We’ve tried to shed light on this...