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Health Care Spending in the Long-Term Outlook
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) long-term outlook shows debt reaching an all-time record as a share of GDP by 2034 and nearly doubling as a...
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CBO is Pretty Good at Estimating Spending
Read moreIn March 2016, CBO estimated the federal government would spend $4.06 trillion for fiscal year (FY) 2017 – a number that would increase to $4.08...
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CBO Releases 2018 Long-Term Outlook
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its annual Long-Term Budget Outlook, which shows the United States is on an unsustainable fiscal...
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CBO's 2018 Long-Term Budget Outlook
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its 2018 Long-Term Budget Outlook today, reiterating the budget’s unsustainable long-term trajectory...
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Gene Steuerle: Why Government Budget Estimates Are Often Wrong
Read moreDr. Eugene (Gene) Steuerle is the Richard B. Fisher chair and Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute and a member of the Committee for a Responsible...
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CBO Economic Forecasts Are Similar to the Consensus, Unlike OMB
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) analysis of the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget found that the President's policies would still...
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CBO Releases Estimate of the President's Budget
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its estimate of the President's 2019 budget today. The estimates show debt would continue to rise under...
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CBO’s Analysis of the President’s FY 2019 Budget
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its estimate of the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget using its own assumptions to evaluate the...
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A Conversation with CBO Director Keith Hall
Read moreThe Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and our partners at the Campaign to Fix the Debt hosted a conference call conversation with Dr. Keith...
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Multiemployer Pensions: The Next Source of Budget-Busting Legislation?
Read moreThe newly-created Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Plans is tasked with crafting legislation to improve the finances of the nation...
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Chartbook: America's Budget Outlook
Read moreBelow is a chartbook on America's deteriorating budget outlook. Update (5/15/18): We clarified the footnote on slide 9 to more clearly reference CBO's...
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Interest Spending is on Course to Triple
Read moreAccording to CBO's latest projections, the rising cost of interest on the debt is a significant driver of growing deficits and debt. In this piece, we...