Budgets & Projections
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Chartbook: Budgeting for the Next Generation
Read moreThis chartbook corresponds to our project " Budgeting for the Next Generation"
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CBO Shows $782 Billion Deficit for FY 2018
Read moreLate last week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its estimate of the final FY 2018 deficit. CBO estimates that the deficit increased to...
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A Fiscal Year Defined by $2.4 Trillion In New Debt
Read moreTypically, we mark the end of the fiscal year, which will occur on Monday, by reviewing important numbers for the previous fiscal year. This year, one...
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The Progressive Caucus FY 2019 "People's Budget"
Read moreThe Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) released its “The People’s Budget: A Roadmap for the Resistance” for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019, which calls for...
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Maya MacGuineas: Fiscal Recklessness Puts the Next Crisis on Our Doorstep
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an opinion...
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CBO Releases New Economic Projections
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released new ten-year economic projections today, updating its projections from April. The latest projections...
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CBO Shows That Policymakers Could Make the Long-Term Outlook Much Worse
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today released a look at various long-term budget scenarios. Most notably, the report shows how much more bleak...
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CBO’s Alternative Long-Term Budget Scenarios
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released alternative scenarios to its Long-Term Budget Outlook today. These scenarios show that if the recent...
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Maya MacGuineas: National Debt is About to Roar Back to Life as a Pressing Issue
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, published an op-ed with CNN. An excerpt is below. As a result of an...
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Watch the Debt Fixer in Action
Read moreWe just updated our popular Debt Fixer interactive federal budget tool with new options to reflect recent tax and spending legislation and the latest...
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Congress Is Struggling to Produce a Budget, So Do It Yourself with Our Debt Fixer Tool
Read moreThe federal budget is more than 3 months overdue and the national debt is headed towards record levels. Now, we provide you an opportunity to show...
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Mid-Session Review Shows How Much Worse the Deficit Has Gotten in the Past Year
Read moreThe Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released the Mid-Session Review (MSR) last week, updating the President's FY 2019 budget projections with...