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February 5, 2013
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Budget Projections
CBO’s budget projections under current law—known as baseline projections—give the Congress a benchmark against which to measure the effects of proposed changes spending and taxes. The projections show what would happen to the federal budget if current laws remained in place, that is if no new laws affecting spending and taxes were enacted during the projection period. In addition, the agency regularly shows the effects of adopting alternative policies that have been discussed by the Congress, so that the impact of those alternative policies is clear. CBO also makes long-term budget projections.
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Additional Data
- data underlying figures
- Tax Receipts
- economic baseline projections
- Historical Estimates of Potential GDP
- historical budget data
- budget projections
- key assumptions in projecting potential gdp
- Trust Fund Projections Under the Baseline
Supplemental Material
- Press Briefing on The Budget and Economic Outlook
Baseline Projections for Education
- Pell Grant Programs
- Student Loan Programs
Baseline Projections for Health
- Children's Health Insurance Program
- Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Insurance Coverage
- Medicaid
- Medicare
Baseline Projections for Social Security and Pensions
- Military Retirement
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
- Social Security Disability Insurance
- Social Security Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
- Social Security Trust Fund
Baseline Projections for Other Income Security
- Child Nutrition Programs
- Child Support Collections
- Child Support Enforcement
- Foster Care and Adoption Assistance
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
- Supplemental Security Income
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
- Unemployment Compensation
Baseline Projections for Other Programs
- Federal Programs that Guarantee Mortgages
- Highway Trust Fund Accounts
- USDA Mandatory Farm Programs
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