Budget Projections

Interest rates have an enormous effect on how much we pay each year on servicing our debt. In the Budget and Economic Outlook from January, CBO...

In our continued analysis of the President’s budget, we now move to a detailed examination of what the budget, if enacted entirely and without future...

With the much-anticipated release of the FY 2012 President's budget, The Bottom Line will offer detailed analysis of every aspect of the budget in a...

In yesterday's Budget and Economic Outlook, CBO shows that Social Security will run deficits each year over the coming decade, depleting $547 billion...

CBO today released its new budget and economic update, showing higher ten-year deficit and debt projections from 2012 to 2021 than they predicted back...

OMB recently released an annual report on PAYGO, showing the budgetary impacts of PAYGO legislation, current policy exemptions, and exemptions for...

There has been an increasing amount of talk this week concerning calls for repeal of the health care reform legislation, as the 112th Congress...

The Treasury Department released Tuesday its annual Financial Report of the U.S Government. The report highlights the nation's budget deficit, net...

The Congressional Budget Office made an unusual jump into the fiscal fray back in the summer, spelling out the specific harm that excessive long-term...

Update: This blog has been updated to reflect additional information. A new report by the Federal Housing Finance Agency shows the agency's first look...

Treasury and OMB released the final deficit number for FY 2010 on Friday: $1.294 trillion. While $120 billion lower than last year's deficit, it still...

CBO, in its most recent Monthly Budget Review, estimated that the FY 2010 budget deficit (the fiscal year that ended at the end of September) was just...