Long-Term Outlook Series 2015
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Social Security Costs Keep Increasing Over the Long Term
Read moreCBO's Long-Term Budget Outlook, released last month, included updated projections for Social Security and Medicare, including individuals' expected... -
Sources of Spending Growth in the Long Term
Read moreOver the past few weeks, we have been posting in-depth analysis of the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) Long-Term Outlook. In its supplemental data... -
High Debt Drags Down the Economy
Read moreAccording to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), rising debt levels could reduce projected annual income by between $2,000 and $6,000 per person by... -
How Uncertain Are CBO's Long-Term Projections?
Read moreAny budget projections, including CBO's long-term outlook, are inherently uncertain, and it is important to understand how projections might change... -
CBO's Outlook for Long-Term Health Care Spending
Read moreHealth care spending is arguably the most important part of CBO's long-term outlook, being a key driver of our nation's growing debt over the long... -
Samuelson to Lawmakers: Spread the Pain
Read moreAs Washington digests this year’s CBO Long Term-Budget Outlook, Robert J. Samuelson of The Washington Post offered up his criticism of the country’s... -
Waiting To Reduce Debt Makes It More Difficult
Read moreIn their recently released long-term outlook, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) laid out multiple scenarios for addressing our unsustainable long... -
Senate Budget Committee Hearing on CBO Long-Term Fiscal Outlook
Read moreLast week, CBO Director Keith Hall testified before the Senate Budget Committee on the release of CBO’s Long-Term Budget Outlook. Senators questioned... -
Shoring Up Trust Funds Greatly Improves Debt
Read moreThe main focus of CBO's long-term budget outlook is rightly on the unified budget numbers regarding spending, revenue, deficits, and debt. But it is... -
Looking at the Long Term in 2015
Read moreCBO's Long-Term Budget Outlook, released yesterday, is a detailed 130-page document, filled with budget projections for the next 25 years, along with... -
CBO Shows an Unsustainable Long-Term Budget Outlook
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today released its 2015 Long-Term Budget Outlook, showing a clearly unsustainable long-term path for debt. The... -