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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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  • Analysis of the President's Budget
  • Appropriations
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  • Budget Concepts and Process
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  • Budget Projections
  • Historical Budget Data
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  • Monthly Budget Review
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  • The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2023

    February 05, 2013
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Testimony on the Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2023

report

February 12, 2013

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  • Federal Means-Tested Programs and Tax Credits - Infographic

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  • Refundable Tax Credits

    January 24, 2013
  • Supplemental Security Income: An Overview

    December 11, 2012
  • SNAP - Report

    April 19, 2012
  • Spending Patterns for Prescription Drugs Under Medicare Part D

    December 01, 2011
  • An Overview of Federal Support for Housing

    November 03, 2009
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Growth in Means-Tested Programs and Tax Credits for Low-Income Households

report

February 11, 2013

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  • Monthly Budget Review

    January 08, 2013
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Monthly Budget Review for January 2013

report

February 7, 2013

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Student Loan Programs—February 2013 Baseline

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February 6, 2013

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Pell Grant Programs—February 2013 Baseline

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February 6, 2013

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Looming Policy Decisions May Have a Substantial Effect on the Budget Outlook

posted by Doug Elmendorf on February 6, 2013

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  • Video of Director's Press Briefing

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  • The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2023

    February 05, 2013
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Press Briefing on The Budget and Economic Outlook

presentation

February 5, 2013

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  • Tax Receipts
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  • Historical Estimates of Potential GDP
  • Historical Budget Data
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  • 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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  • Macroeconomic Effects of Alternative Budgetary Paths

    February 05, 2013
  • Choices for Deficit Reduction

    November 08, 2012
  • An Update to the Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2022

    August 22, 2012
  • The 2012 Long-Term Budget Outlook

    June 05, 2012
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The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2023

report

February 5, 2013

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  • The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2023

    February 05, 2013
  • Choices for Deficit Reduction

    November 08, 2012
  • Economic Effects of Policies Contributing to Fiscal Tightening in 2013

    November 08, 2012
  • The Macroeconomic and Budgetary Effects of an Illustrative Policy for Reducing the Federal Budget Deficit

    July 14, 2011
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Macroeconomic Effects of Alternative Budgetary Paths

report

February 5, 2013

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Individual Income Tax Receipts and the Individual Tax Base—February 2013 Baseline

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February 5, 2013

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