Budgets & Projections

Today, Third Way has released their analysis of the February CBO Economic and Budget Update, reaching a similar conclusion to our report on the new...

President Obama was recently quoted in the Washington Post as saying that an additional $1.5 trillion of deficit reduction would hit the $4 trillion...

Analyses of the CBO budget baseline generally focus on the current law baseline, the one that CBO presents in most detail. In the past, we constructed...

Last month, we highlighted the “fiscal speed bumps” resulting from the fiscal cliff deal. With the signing of the bill which temporarily waived the...

In CBO’s latest Budget and Economic Outlook, much has changed since their August baseline. As we explain in our report on the February baseline, the...

On the same day they released their February Baseline projection, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a companion report on Macroeconomic...

CBO's new budget baseline released yesterday relies on its own economic projections over the next decade. After comparing their economic projections...

CBO's release of its annual Budget and Economic Outlook is a treasure trove of information, sometimes not easily digestible. To help put all that...

For 49ers and Ravens fans, the Super Bowl was the big game of the 2012 NFL season. For budget wonks, today is that day, as CBO has released its budget...