Budget Projections

Although 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...

The U.S. Budget Watch report " Primary Numbers: The GOP Candidates and the National Debt" has generated a lot of buzz since its release last Thursday...

Yesterday, we argued that to actually stabilize the debt as a share of the economy, you probably need to propose a plan with even more savings than...

Last week, in our analysis of the President's submission, we noted how the President's submission to the Super Committee nearly stabilizes debt, but...

With President Obama's deficit reduction plan now officially out, it's worth comparing the debt path under this plan to other debt paths. For the...

Under the Administration's Mid-Session Review, the gap between spending and revenues is set to persist throughout the decade with barely any change in...

OMB has just released its Mid-Session Review, incorporating the effects of the Budget Control Act and the Super Committee's target savings into its...

Although CBO shows debt improving significantly over the coming decade, reaching 61 percent of GDP in 2021, debt will not follow this downward path...

CBO has just released its August Budget and Economic Outlook. You can find it here. Under current law, assuming policymakers make no changes to what's...

We just released our in-depth analysis of CBO's Budget and Economic Outlook, published earlier today. In the paper we explain how CBO's current law...

With the Budget Control Act now in the books, it's time for us to update our CRFB Realistic Baseline from our projections a month ago. In addition to...

Budget projections are a rather fickle thing, especially in the midst of great uncertainty about the strength of the economic recovery. By accident...