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January 31, 2012
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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
- Alternative Minimum Tax
- Automatic Stabilizers
- budget projections
- economic baseline projections
- expiring tax provisions
- historical budget data
- key assumptions in projecting potential gdp
- tax receipts
Supplemental Material
- print-friendly charts from the outlook
- slides from press briefing
- CBO Releases the Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2022
- Glossary
- blog post
Baseline Projections for Mandatory Spending Programs
- Child Nutrition Programs—January 2012 Baseline
- Child Support Collections—January 2012 Baseline
- Child Support Enforcement—January 2012 Baseline
- Foster Care and Adoption Assistance—January 2012 Baseline
- Military Retirement—January 2012 Baseline
- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation—January 2012 Baseline
- Social Security Disability Insurance—January 2012 Baseline
- Social Security Old-Age and Survivors Insurance—January 2012 Baseline
- Social Security Trust Funds—January 2012 Baseline
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program—January 2012 Baseline
- Supplemental Security Income—January 2012 Baseline
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families—January 2012 Baseline
- Unemployment Compensation—January 2012 Baseline