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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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  • Monthly Budget Review for March 2013

    April 05, 2013
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Monthly Budget Review for April 2013

report

May 7, 2013

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A Tour of the Federal Budget

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May 7, 2013


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

    February 05, 2013
  • CBO's Projections of Federal Receipts and Expenditures in the Framework of the National Income and Product Accounts

    May 09, 2012
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CBO’s Projections of Federal Receipts and Expenditures in the National Income and Product Accounts

report

May 6, 2013

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  • Status of Discretionary Appropriations: FY 2011 House

    September 30, 2011
  • Status of Discretionary Appropriations: FY 2011 Senate

    September 30, 2011
  • Status of Discretionary Appropriations: FY 2012 House

    January 03, 2012
  • Status of Discretionary Appropriations: FY 2012 Senate

    March 21, 2012
  • Status of Discretionary Appropriations: FY 2013 House

    May 03, 2013
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Status of Discretionary Appropriations: FY 2013 Senate

data or technical information

May 3, 2013

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  • Status of Discretionary Appropriations: FY 2011 Senate

    September 30, 2011
  • Status of Discretionary Appropriations: FY 2011 House

    September 30, 2011
  • Status of Discretionary Appropriations: FY 2012 Senate

    March 21, 2012
  • Status of Discretionary Appropriations: FY 2012 House

    January 03, 2012
  • Status of Discretionary Appropriations: FY 2013 Senate

    May 03, 2013
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Status of Discretionary Appropriations: FY 2013 House

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May 3, 2013

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A Tour of the Federal Budget and Possible Changes in Budget Policy

presentation

April 26, 2013

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  • Snapshot of the Highway Trust Fund

    March 14, 2013
  • Status of the Highway Trust Fund Under MAP-21

    January 21, 2013
  • The Highway Trust Fund and Paying for Highways

    May 17, 2011
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Statement for the Record on the Status of the Highway Trust Fund

report

April 24, 2013

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CBO To Release Analysis of the President’s FY 2014 Budget and Updated Baseline Projections in May

posted by Doug Elmendorf on April 22, 2013

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Differences Between the Traditional CPI and the Chained CPI

posted by Rob McClelland on April 19, 2013

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  • Indexing with the Chained CPI-U for Tax Provisions and Federal Programs
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  • Using a Different Measure of Inflation for Indexing Federal Programs and the Tax Code

    February 24, 2010
  • Explaining the Consumer Price Index

    June 20, 2007
  • Social Security Trust Fund

    February 05, 2013
  • The 2012 Long-Term Projections for Social Security: Additional Information

    October 02, 2012
  • Reducing the Deficit: Spending and Revenue Options

    March 10, 2011
  • Social Security Policy Options

    July 01, 2010
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Testimony on Using the Chained CPI to Index Social Security, Other Federal Programs, and the Tax Code for Inflation

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April 18, 2013

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