Budgets & Projections
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Revenue Surge Comes to an End
Read moreAfter surging to a near-record 19.6 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) last fiscal year, revenue has fallen to 17.7 percent of GDP over the past...
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CBO Scores the Limit, Save, Grow Act
Read moreUpdate (4/26/2023): The Congressional Budget Office released an estimate of the House Rules Committee amendments to the bill, reducing the savings of...
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ARCHIVE: What's in the Limit, Save, Grow Act?
Read moreUpdate (4/25/2023): The Congressional Budget Office has released an official score of the Limit, Save, Grow Act; read our analysis of that score here...
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Build Your Own Discretionary Budget
Read moreEach year, Congress must pass a new set of appropriations bills to fund the discretionary side of the budget and avoid a government shutdown. There...
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Breaking Down the Proposals in the President's FY 2024 Budget
Read moreThe FY 2024 President’s budget includes policy changes that it estimates would reduce budget deficits by $3 trillion over a decade, the net effect of...
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Treasury Reports $378 Billion Deficit in March
Read moreThe Treasury Department released its latest Monthly Treasury Statement today, showing that the United States borrowed $378 billion in the month of...
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CBO Estimates $1.1 Trillion Deficit For First 6 Months Of Fiscal Year 2023
Read moreIn the first six months of fiscal year 2023, the United States borrowed $1.1 trillion, with a $376 billion deficit in February, according to the...
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Extensions Would Wipe Away President's Deficit Reduction
Read moreWe were very encouraged by the President’s call for $3 trillion of ten-year deficit reduction in his Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 budget proposal. However...
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Comparing CBO’s Economic Projections to Other Forecasts
Read moreGrowth in the economy will slow over the coming year as unemployment rises and inflation eases modestly, according to the Congressional Budget Office...
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House Freedom Caucus Proposes up to $3.7 Trillion in Savings for Debt Ceiling Vote
Read moreThe House Freedom Caucus released today a proposal for the upcoming debt ceiling negotiations. Its members call for repealing the announced student...
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Maya MacGuineas: Is cutting the deficit by $3 trillion enough? Not even close
Read moreThis is a particularly important year for budgeting given three things: the need to lift the debt ceiling, the nation’s dangerous fiscal trajectory...
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Treasury: $262 Billion Deficit in February
Read moreThe Treasury Department released its latest Monthly Treasury Statement today, showing that the United States borrowed $262 billion in the month of...