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Social Security, Health, and Interest Spending Account for Four-Fifths of Spending Growth
Read moreThe deficit will rise dramatically over the next decade, from about $590 billion at the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 to over $1.2 trillion at the end...
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Sizing Up Social Security's Solvency Challenge
Read moreSocial Security faces a large shortfall between scheduled benefits and dedicated revenue, and the program is currently on a path toward insolvency...
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Our Quick Take on CBO's August Projections
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released updated baseline projections showing deficits and debt rising in the coming years. CRFB will...
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Report: Analysis of CBO's August 2016 Budget and Economic Outlook
Read moreBudget deficits are on the rise, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO’s) budget and economic projections released today. CBO projects...
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CBO: Federal Investment is Good for Long-Term Growth - If It's Paid For
Read morePublic investment has the potential to significantly increase economic growth, but only if its paid for – that's the key finding of a recent report...
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Long-Term Budget Outlook Underlines Trouble Ahead for Social Security
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) 2016 Long-Term Budget Outlook release came with updated projections of the 75-year solvency of Social Security...
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Making Trust Funds Solvent Would Just About Stabilize Debt
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) long-term outlook shows a bleak picture, with federal debt steadily rising from 75 percent of Gross Domestic...
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The Long-Term Outlook Could Be Even Worse Than CBO Says
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) long-term outlook shows debt nearly doubling as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) over the next 30...
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The Very, Very Long-Term Budget Outlook
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) long-term outlook shows growing federal debt over the next 30 years, but we extended those projections to 75...
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CBO Shows an Unsustainable Long-Term Fiscal Path
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today released its 2016 Long-Term Budget Outlook, showing a clearly unsustainable long-term path for the federal...
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Report: The 2016 CBO Long-Term Budget Outlook
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its 2016 Long-Term Budget Outlook today, outlining the projected budget picture for the next three...
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CBO Estimates Economic Effects of the President's Final Budget
Read moreIn addition to producing its own estimate of the budgetary effects of the President's budget, CBO typically estimates the economic effects of the...