Budgets & Projections
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Preview of the President's Budget
Read moreThe President has released a preview of the spending priorities in his FY17 budget, most of which are new although some were proposed in previous...
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How Lawmakers Could Make the Budget Outlook Even Worse
Read moreCBO's summary of its budget outlook included a short summary of the long-term debt outlook, which showed debt rising continuously and eventually...
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Everything You Need to Know About CBO's January 2016 Budget and Economic Outlook
Read moreWe've published a new chartbook to illustrate the most important facts and figures from this week's report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)...
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Report: Analysis of CBO’s January 2016 Budget and Economic Outlook
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its January Budget and Economic Outlook, today, adding more detail to a brief summary released on...
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Maya MacGuineas: What CBO’s Debt Projections Suggest About Congress and the Budget Process
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote a commentary that appeared in the Wall Street Journal Washington...
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Social Security, Medicare, & Interest Drive 3/4 of Spending Growth
Read moreThe deficit will grow from less than $550 billion in 2016 to $1.4 trillion in 2026, according to this week's report by the Congressional Budget Office...
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The Long-Term Debt Picture Looks Much Worse As Well
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) summary of their upcoming budget projections showed a much worse ten-year outlook for deficits and debt, so it...
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It Could Take $8 Trillion to Balance the Budget
Read moreTuesday’s release of the topline numbers for this year's Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline is a gut punch to congressional budget writers...
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Our Analysis of CBO's January 2016 Budget and Economic Outlook Summary
Read moreThe era of declining deficits is over. That's the conclusion of our analysis of the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) January 2016 Budget and...
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Deficits Rise in Latest Budget Projections
Read moreUpdate: You can view our full analysis here. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released baseline projections showing rapidly rising deficits...
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Sanford Says Candidates Aren't Talking About Debt, Deficit
Read moreCongressman Mark Sanford (R-SC) wrote a piece in The Fiscal Times that highlights the paucity of substantive discussion from the 2016 presidential...