Budget Projections

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...

Last week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its long-term fiscal outlook, presenting both long-term projections and estimates of...

CBO's latest Monthly Budget Review (MBR) for March means that we now have budget data for the first six months of FY 2013. The six-month deficit...

Among the many amendments that were voted on to the Senate budget resolution, one caught the eye of POLITICO: Sen. Rob Portman's (R-OH) amendment to...

The Economic Policy Institute's Ethan Pollack has a blog post questioning the accuracy and ultimate usefulness of long-term (75-year) budget...

The Congressional Budget Office has been busy on its blog lately, posting both snapshots of federal programs and also publishing responses to...

With the new expectation that the House budget resolution will reach balance in 10 years -- more than 15 years earlier than was projected last year --...