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Apr 9, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

President Biden's FY 2022 Discretionary Budget

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Mar 22, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

The Case for Trust Fund Solutions

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Feb 11, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Analysis of CBO's February 2021 Budget and Economic Outlook

Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its February 2021 Budget and Economic Outlook , confirming that, despite improvements as a...
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Feb 11, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

CBO Releases New 10-Year Budget Projections

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its February 2021 Budget and Economic Outlook , showing that the COVID-19 public health and...
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Jan 5, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

2021 Deficit On Course to Hit $2.3 Trillion

In light of the enactment of the year-end spending and COVID relief deal, we estimate the deficit will total $2.3 trillion for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021...
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Dec 31, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Our Top 20 Charts of 2020

2020 was a busy year for fiscal policy, which gave us ample opportunities to conduct substantive policy analyses using charts and tables. This year...
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Dec 11, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Other Spending

Now's Not the Time to Raid the Pell Surplus

With 2020 college enrollment down as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pell Grant program may add more to its reserves than previously estimated...
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Dec 1, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Policymakers Must Not Ignore the Long-Term Debt Outlook

For Immediate Release Today, Larry Summers and Jason Furman released a new working paper, A Reconsideration of Fiscal Policy in the Era of Low...
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Nov 9, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

CBO Confirms Debt Exceeded 100% of GDP for FY 2020

For Immediate Release The Congressional Budget Office today released an end-of-year summary report for fiscal year 2020 , which confirms that the...
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Nov 2, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

Maya MacGuineas: The national debt still matters, despite low interest rates

Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an...
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Oct 27, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections

A Closer Look at the Record $3.1 Trillion Deficit in FY 2020

The Treasury Department released its final Monthly Treasury Statement for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, showing a record $3.1 trillion deficit for the year...
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