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  • CBO Now Plans To Release Budget and Economic Outlook on February 5
    January 28, 2013read more
  • CBO Releases "Refundable Tax Credits"
    January 24, 2013
    The number and cost of refundable tax credits have grown considerably since 1975. Federal costs (in 2013 dollars) peaked at $238 billion in 2008, but costs will fall to $149 billion in 2013 before reaching $213 billion in 2021.
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  • CBO Releases "CBO's Economic Forecasting Record: 2013 Update"
    January 17, 2013
    CBO’s macroeconomic forecasts have been comparable in quality with those of the Administration and the <em>Blue Chip</em> consensus.
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  • CBO Releases "Private-Sector Mandates in Federal Legislation"
    January 15, 2013
    CBO analyzes pending federal legislation and enacted laws to identify private-sector mandates, which are enforceable duties imposed on entities in the private sector. About 12% of the laws enacted between 2001 and 2011 impose such mandates.
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  • CBO Releases "Unauthorized Appropriations and Expiring Authorizations"
    January 15, 2013
    CBO reports to the Congress on: programs funded for the current fiscal year for which authorizations of appropriations have expired; and programs for which authorizations of appropriations will expire during the current fiscal year.
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  • CBO Plans to Release Budget and Economic Outlook on Monday, February 4
    January 14, 2013
    CBO plans to release its annual Budget and Economic Outlook on Monday, February 4.
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  • How Will Older People’s Participation in the Labor Force Be Affected by the Coming Increase in the Full Retirement Age for Social Security?
    January 9, 2013
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  • CBO Releases "Options for Taxing U.S. Multinational Corporations"
    January 8, 2013
    How the federal government taxes U.S. multinational corporations has consequences for the U.S. economy and for the federal budget.
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  • CBO Releases "Monthly Budget Review"
    January 8, 2013
    The federal budget deficit was $293 billion for the first quarter of fiscal year 2013, $29 billion less than the shortfall recorded in the same period last fiscal year, CBO estimates.
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  • The “Fiscal Cliff” Deal
    January 4, 2013read more

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