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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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  • Budget Concepts and Process
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  • Economic Effects of Policies Contributing to Fiscal Tightening in 2013

    November 08, 2012
  • How the Supply of Labor Responds to Changes in Fiscal Policy

    October 25, 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
  • The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2022

    January 31, 2012
  • The Macroeconomic and Budgetary Effects of an Illustrative Policy for Reducing the Federal Budget Deficit

    July 14, 2011
  • Reducing the Deficit: Spending and Revenue Options

    March 10, 2011
  • Federal Debt and the Risk of a Fiscal Crisis

    July 27, 2010
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Choices for Deficit Reduction

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November 8, 2012

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The Challenge of Deficit Reduction

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November 8, 2012


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

    August 22, 2012
  • Fiscal Tightening in 2013 and Its Economic Consequences - Infographic

    August 22, 2012
  • Estimated Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Employment and Economic Output from April 2012 Through June 2012

    August 23, 2012
  • The 2012 Long-Term Budget Outlook

    June 05, 2012
  • Assessing the Short-Term Effects on Output of Changes in Federal Fiscal Policies: Working Paper 2012-08

    May 25, 2012
  • Economic Effects of Reducing the Fiscal Restraint That Is Scheduled to Occur in 2013

    May 22, 2012
  • Policies for Increasing Economic Growth and Employment in 2012 and 2013

    November 15, 2011
  • Confronting the Nation's Fiscal Policy Challenges

    September 13, 2011
  • Reducing the Deficit: Spending and Revenue Options

    March 10, 2011
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Economic Effects of Policies Contributing to Fiscal Tightening in 2013

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November 8, 2012

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The Federal Budget Deficit Shrank in Fiscal Year 2012 but Still Exceeded $1 Trillion

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November 7, 2012


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Monthly Budget Review

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November 7, 2012

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  • Report on the Troubled Asset Relief Program—March 2012

    March 28, 2012
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Report on the Troubled Asset Relief Program—October 2012

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October 11, 2012

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CBO's Latest Estimate of the Cost of the TARP: $24 Billion

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October 11, 2012


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The Federal Budget Deficit Totaled $1.1 Trillion in 2012, CBO Estimates

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October 5, 2012


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Monthly Budget Review

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October 5, 2012

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As the Population Ages, Social Security’s Spending Is Projected to Outpace Its Tax Revenues

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October 2, 2012


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