Budgets & Projections

CRFB released this report on OMB's Mid-Session Review. (We will soon release a more detailed analysis.) CBO provides a comparison chart between OMB...

Late Friday the White House conceded that ten-year deficits would total around $9 trillion, according to their estimates. This is $2 trillion greater...

August 20 - Next Tuesday the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will release their Mid-Session Review of the budget. They plan to announce that the...

August 18 - According to Bloomberg, last month's budget deficit hit a record $180.7 billion, higher than any month in U.S. history. Spending in July...

August 11 - Today, CRFB released a report highlighting its take on CBO's Long-Term Projections for Social Security. Last year, the CBO projected...

August 8 - Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Long-Term Projections for Social Security. According to the CBO: "Currently...

August 6 - Today, the CBO released the second of two lengthy reports outlining the budgetary options of various policies likely to be undertaken by...

July 31 - Yesterday, the House passed its final FY 2010 appropriations bill, but, in the process, disregarded requests from the Pentagon and Obama...

June 28 - Martin Crutsinger reports today that, at least behind closed doors, China has been raising serious concerns about the state of the US...

July 27 - This weekend, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released two very significant reports, Additional Information Regarding the Effects of...

July 18 - Yesterday, the CBO released preliminary cost estimates for the House Tri-Committee health care reform bill. According to the CBO, the bill...