Outlook for the Budget and the Economy
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Federal Debt and the Statutory Limit, June 2013
The Treasury is currently at its limit on borrowing and has begun employing its well-established toolbox of measures to allow continued borrowing for a limited time. When will those measures be exhausted?
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Comparing Budget Plans
Following the release of CBO’s analysis of the President’s FY 2014 budget, in today’s blog post, Director Doug Elmendorf compares the President’s plan with Congressional budget plans.
- Data and Technical Information
Deficits Projected in CBO’s Baseline and Under an Alternative Fiscal Scenario
Alternative Fiscal Scenario
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Updated Budget Projections: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2023
A robust increase in revenues projected over the next few years will help shrink deficits through 2015. But deficits are projected to rise later in the decade, partly because of pressures of an aging population and rising health care costs.
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A Tour of the Federal Budget
Director Doug Elmendorf briefly describes his presentation to an economics class at Harvard University on April 26 and features his slides in case you missed their original posting on CBO’s website.
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CBO’s Projections of Federal Receipts and Expenditures in the National Income and Product Accounts
How do CBO’s projections of federal receipts and expenditures in the national income and product accounts compare with CBO’s baseline projections of revenues and outlays in the federal budget?
- Presentation
A Tour of the Federal Budget and Possible Changes in Budget Policy
Director Doug Elmendorf’s Presentation to Economics 10 at Harvard University
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Snapshot of Foster Care, Adoption Assistance, and Guardianship Assistance
Over the past two decades, the number of children in federally subsidized foster care has steadily declined, while the number of children whose adoptive parents receive federal adoption assistance has increased.
- Blog Post
Snapshot of Foster Care, Adoption Assistance, and Guardianship Assistance
Over the past two decades, the number of children in federally subsidized foster care has steadily declined, while the number of children whose adoptive parents receive federal adoption assistance has increased.
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Snapshot of Spending for Military Retirement Pay
Spending for military retirement pay and survivors’ annuities will rise by more than 30 percent over the next decade, CBO projects.