CBO/JCT

We may have had to wait a little longer due to the government shutdown, but CBO's new budget options report is finally here. Today, CBO released its...

When talking about the debt, it is hard to avoid also talking about generational inequity. Many groups, especially the Can Kicks Back, have worked to...

It's no secret that a significant portion of the federal budget is devoted to our national defense and insurance programs like Social Security...

Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) dramatically lowered its estimate of savings if policymakers chose to increase the Medicare...

Last week, we noted that the furlough of "non-essential" employees at the Congressional Budget Office due to the government shutdown could halt the...

The government is still shut down, the debt ceiling is fast approaching, and the need to put our debt on a sustainble path remains. This environment...

At the House Budget Committee hearing on CBO's Long-Term Outlook, Rep. Reid Ribble (R-WI), who last week sent a letter calling for action on Social...

The release of the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) Long-Term Budget Outlook is one of the big events in the budget world, and we'd like to think...

Continuing with CRFB's analysis of CBO's latest long-term budget projections, we now turn our attention to one of the central themes throughout CBO's...

Although some argue that policymakers can wait to solve our long-term entitlement problems, CBO's recent Long-Term Budget Outlook suggests otherwise...

Update: The second graph has been corrected to show the correct year for each line. It is no secret that the growth of federal health care spending is...

Politicians and economists have long talked about the negative effects of an accumulating national debt, but cannot always quantify their position...