Outlook for the Budget and the Economy
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Meeting with the Budget Conference Committee
Director Doug Elmendorf met with the budget conference committee to review the economic and budget outlook and to answer questions from the conferees.
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How the Actual Federal Budget Results for 2013 Compared With CBO’s May 2013 Estimates
On October 30, the Treasury Department reported that the federal budget deficit for fiscal year 2013 totaled $680 billion, $38 billion more than CBO estimated in its most recent baseline in May.
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Breakfast with Reporters
Director Doug Elmendorf spoke with a group of reporters who gather regularly at the invitation of the Christian Science Monitor.
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Federal Spending for Everything Other Than Major Health Care Programs, Social Security, and Net Interest
In 2013, half of the federal government’s spending went toward programs and activities other than major health care programs, Social Security, and net interest.
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Federal Spending on the Government’s Major Health Care Programs Is Projected to Rise Substantially Relative to GDP
Although spending for health care in the United States has grown more slowly in recent years than it had previously, high and rising levels of such spending continue to pose a challenge for Medicare, Medicaid, and other government programs.
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Has the Fundamental Federal Budgetary Challenge Been Addressed?
The deficit has fallen faster than we expected a few years ago, but the fundamental federal budgetary challenge remains.
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Some Information on Upcoming CBO Reports
In a letter today to the Chairs and Ranking Members of the House and Senate Budget Committees, we described the schedule for the rest of the year for CBO’s key economic and budget publications.
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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.
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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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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.