CBO/JCT

CBO unofficially closed the books on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, or the 2009 stimulus), putting out its final report on the...

Next Tuesday will be the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the Congressional Budget Office, and University of Maryland Professor Phillip Joyce has...

As we've mentioned frequently, budget projections and economic forecasts are inextricably linked in determining both the nominal dollar budget numbers...

The President's budget would put debt on a very slight downward path over the next ten years, but that is by the Office of Management and Budget's own...

CBO's official budget estimates rely on general adherence to current law, meaning that no new laws are passed other than to keep the government...

In addition to updating budget projections, CBO's baseline also looks at the state of various government trust funds over the next ten years. Two of...

Yesterday, CRFB published an analysis of CBO’s latest Budget and Economic Outlook. The six-page document summarizes the forecasts and emphasizes the...

Trillion-dollar deficits are coming back in 2025. That's one of the many stories told by the new budget update released today by the Congressional...

This week, the House approved a rule change related to dynamic scoring. Specifically, the rule would require the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and...

It is clear that Social Security faces financial challenges. This year, its own Trustees estimated the combined trust funds would run out of reserves...

An old saying goes, "Nothing is certain but death and taxes." But in budget projections, neither of those things -- mortality rates nor revenue levels...