Budgets & Projections

We hope all of our readers enjoyed their Thanksgiving holiday. The long weekend brought some fantastic rivalry games, Michigan-Ohio State, Auburn...

A new report from the Center for American Progress argues that roughly 60 percent of the sequester should be waived in light of the savings from the...

As budget conference committee chairs Patty Murray and Paul Ryan appear to be moving closer to a partial sequester-replacement deal, reports suggest...

Given the nature of debt ceiling politics lately, estimating when the federal government will start defaulting on obligations has become a common...

As the conferees met yesterday, any doubt that we can afford to wait on the long-term debt problem should have quickly been erased after CBO Director...

On Monday, we took a look at the breakdown of federal spending and taxes by the type of household, particularly between elderly and non-elderly...

At the second meeting of the budget conference committee earlier today, CBO director Doug Elmendorf was on hand to present the budget and economic...

We may have had to wait a little longer due to the government shutdown, but CBO's new budget options report is finally here. Today, CBO released its...