The Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) new Long-Term Budget Outlook presents plenty of good news on Medicare costs yet still highlights the role that...

New calculations in the Congressional Budget Office's Long-Term Budget Outlook show that the high debt projected under current law could diminish...

The Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) Long-Term Budget Outlook shows a clearly unsustainable debt path over the long term, one that policymakers...

One of the biggest stories of last year's long-term outlook was the deterioration in Social Security's financial picture. Largely due to CBO's...

Budget rules require new policies to be paid for with savings elsewhere in the budget. Policymakers must balance the new policy against the choices...

Earlier today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its latest Long-Term Budget Outlook. Although CBO normally makes ten-year projections...

CBO's Long-Term Budget Outlook is a long and detailed 140-page document – filled to the brim with facts, figures, scenarios and assumptions – and...

Yesterday, the Commmittee for a Responsible Federal Budget released a paper detailing the problems with the federal budget process. In light of the...

Around this time of year, the Social Security Trustees usually issue their report on the status of the program over the next 75 years. In advance of...