Outlook for the Budget and the Economy
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Workbook for How Changes in Economic Conditions Might Affect the Federal Budget, February 2020
This workbook allows users to enter an alternative scenario for productivity growth, labor force growth, inflation, or interest rates and see estimates of revenues, several types of spending, and deficits under those scenarios.
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Testimony on CBO’s Budget and Economic Outlook: 2020 to 2030
CBO Director Phillip Swagel testifies about The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2020 to 2030 before the House Budget Committee.
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An Overview of The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2020 to 2030
Director Phillip Swagel briefs members of the press on The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2020 to 2030.
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Director’s Statement on The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2020 to 2030
This afternoon I briefed the press about the Congressional Budget Office’s new report, The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2020 to 2030. It shows deficits that are slightly larger over the next 10 years and notably larger over the next 30 years than those that CBO previously projected.
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The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2020 to 2030
In CBO’s projections of the outlook under current law, deficits remain large by historical standards, federal debt grows to 98 percent of GDP by 2030, and the economy expands at an average annual rate of 1.7 percent from 2021 to 2030.
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The Budget Outlook for 2020 to 2030 in 13 Slides
This presentation highlights some key findings about the budget outlook from CBO’s recent report The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2020 to 2030.
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The Economic Outlook for 2020 to 2030 in 24 Slides
This presentation highlights some key findings about the economic outlook from CBO’s recent report The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2020 to 2030.
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CBO to Release Budget and Economic Outlook on January 28
CBO will release its annual Budget and Economic Outlook at 2:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, January 28. The report will include updated economic and budget projections spanning the period from 2020 to 2030.
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Projected Changes in the Distribution of Household Income, 2016 to 2021
This report projects the distributions of household income, means-tested transfers, and federal taxes under current law in 2021 and compares them with the actual distributions in 2016.
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Macroeconomic Analysis at CBO
Presentation by Jeff Werling, CBO’s Assistant Director for Macroeconomic Analysis, at the Inforum Annual Conference at the University of Maryland, College Park.