Budgets & Projections
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CBO and BPC Predict Debt Ceiling Deadline Not Until the Fall
Read moreOctober or November -- that's the deadline by which the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicts lawmakers must increase the debt...
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Financial Report of the U.S. Government Shows Bleak Picture
Read moreEvery year, the Treasury Department releases the Financial Report of the United States Government, which provides a detailed picture of the government...
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Keith Hall Appointed as Next CBO Director
Read moreSpeculation over the next director of the Congressional Budget Office ended today as the House and Senate Budget Committees announced that Keith Hall...
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The National Debt Must Be A Priority For The Next President
Read moreNo matter how difficult the conversation, the national debt needs to be a top priority in the 2016 presidential election, and the next president needs...
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CBO Closes the Book on the 2009 Stimulus
Read moreCBO unofficially closed the books on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, or the 2009 stimulus), putting out its final report on the...
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Joyce Reflects on CBO at 40
Read moreNext Tuesday will be the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the Congressional Budget Office, and University of Maryland Professor Phillip Joyce has...
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Not Living Up to Potential: CBO Sheds Light On Its Economic Projections
Read moreAs we've mentioned frequently, budget projections and economic forecasts are inextricably linked in determining both the nominal dollar budget numbers...
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Evaluating The Cost of Climate Change
Read moreWe've written extensively about the President's budget since it was released, both in our analysis of the budget and in our blog series. Also notable...
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President's Budget Proposes to Completely Wind Down War Spending
Read morePresident Obama sent a letter to Congress yesterday asking for a formal three-year authorization for a campaign against ISIS. At the same time, though...
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The President's Budget in 8 Charts (FY2016 Edition)
Read moreIn addition to a paper and blog series on the President's budget, CRFB has created a number of tables, graphs, and charts focused on specific aspects...
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Chartbook: The President's FY 2016 Budget
Read moreFor an annotated version of these charts, see our blog post "The President's Budget in 8 Charts (FY2016 Edition)"
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Erskine Bowles: The Risks of Delaying Fiscal Reforms
Read moreErskine Bowles is a former co-chair of the Simpson-Bowles Fiscal Commission and a member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He wrote a...