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CBO's regular budget publications include semiannual reports on the budget and economic outlook, annual reports analyzing the President’s budget and discussing the long-term budget picture, and a biannual set of options for reducing budget deficits. CBO also prepares cost estimates and mandate statements for nearly every bill that is reported by a Congressional committee. Numerous analytic studies provide more in-depth analysis of specific budgetary issues.

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  • Testimony on The 2013 Long-Term Budget Outlook

    September 26, 2013

  • How Eliminating the Automatic Spending Reductions Specified by the Budget Control Act Would Affect the U.S. Economy in 2014

    July 25, 2013
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Economic Effects in 2014 of Eliminating the Automatic Spending Reductions Specified in the Budget Control Act

report

September 26, 2013

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  • The 2013 Long-Term Budget Outlook

    September 17, 2013
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Testimony on The 2013 Long-Term Budget Outlook

report

September 26, 2013

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  • Federal Debt and the Statutory Limit, June 2013

    June 11, 2013

  • Updated Budget Projections: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2023

    May 14, 2013

  • Federal Debt and Interest Costs

    December 14, 2010
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Federal Debt and the Statutory Limit, September 2013

report

September 25, 2013

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The Budgetary Impact of the Federal Government’s Response to Disasters

posted by Daniel Hoople on September 23, 2013

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Press Briefing on The 2013 Long-Term Budget Outlook

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September 23, 2013

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Breakfast with Reporters

posted by Doug Elmendorf on September 19, 2013

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Federal Spending for Everything Other Than Major Health Care Programs, Social Security, and Net Interest

posted by Noah Meyerson & Sam Papenfuss on September 19, 2013

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  • The 2013 Long-Term Budget Outlook

    September 17, 2013
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Federal Spending on the Government’s Major Health Care Programs Is Projected to Rise Substantially Relative to GDP

posted by Julie Topoleski on September 18, 2013

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  • Updated Budget Projections: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2023

    May 14, 2013

  • CBO's Baseline Budget Projections, as of May 2013, With Percentages of GDP Updated to Reflect Recent Revisions by the Bureau of Economic Analysis

    September 11, 2013

  • Updated Historical Budget Data Following BEA's Recent Update of the National Income and Product Accounts

    August 12, 2013
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The 2013 Long-Term Budget Outlook

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September 17, 2013

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Has the Fundamental Federal Budgetary Challenge Been Addressed?

posted by Doug Elmendorf on September 12, 2013

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