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CBO Rolls Out Four New Budget Infographics
Read moreMore often than not, pictures can demonstrate a problem or issue better than the raw data can. CBO has taken that to heart and recently released four...
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The Affordable Care Act and the HI Trust Fund
Read moreUpdate: Charles Blahous has posted a response to his critics here . Charles Blahous, a Social Security and Medicare Trustee, has released a new report...
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At Halftime, The Score is 829 to 777
Read moreCBO's latest Monthly Budget Review for March gives us a look at how the federal budget looks compared to last year halfway through the fiscal year...
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Fiscal Fact Checker: What Has Happened to CBO's Estimate of the Affordable Care Act?
Read moreCBO's most recent estimate of the insurance coverage provisions of the Affordable Care Act has sparked a debate about how CBO's estimate of ACA has...
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CBO and OMB In Tune on President's Budget
Read moreToday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its analysis of President Obama's FY 2013 budget proposals. In a somewhat surprising analysis...
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Health Spending Changes in CBO's March Baseline
Read moreIn its March baseline, CBO made a number of changes in its projections for health care spending. Given the significance of health spending to the...
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CBO's Got a Brand New Baseline
Read moreAlthough CBO's analysis of the President's budget is the newsmaker in March in the budget world, CBO also updates its current law baseline, which...
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CBO’s Projections Show Need for Smart, “Go Big” Approach: Comparing Major Debt Reduction Plans
Read moreCRFB has published an updated version of this comparison chart on its blog, The Bottom Line.
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How CBO May Score the President's Budget
Read moreLast year, when the President's budget used overly optimistic economic assumptions and various magic asterisks, we re-estimated their budget using...
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It's About How and When, Not Just How Much
Read moreWe noted earlier this week that CBO's current law economic assumptions in the near-term do not look very stellar, especially in 2013 when the economy...
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CRFB's New Realistic Baseline
Read moreYesterday, CRFB released its analysis of the latest budget projections from CBO, discussing debt, deficits, spending, and revenues. We also updated...