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Budget and Economic Outlook

CBO's Budget and Economic Outlook—usually produced in January each year and updated in August—includes projections of spending and revenues under current law over the next 10 years as well as an economic forecast for that period. CBO also typically prepares an update of its budget projections in March each year in conjunction with its analysis of the President's budgetary proposals. Those projections under current law provide the Congress with a benchmark against which to measure the effects of proposed changes in spending and tax laws.

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  • Testimony on The 2013 Long-Term Budget Outlook

    September 26, 2013
  • How Eliminating the Automatic Spending Reductions Specified by the Budget Control Act Would Affect the U.S. Economy in 2014

    July 25, 2013
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Economic Effects in 2014 of Eliminating the Automatic Spending Reductions Specified in the Budget Control Act

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September 26, 2013

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  • The 2013 Long-Term Budget Outlook

    September 17, 2013
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Testimony on The 2013 Long-Term Budget Outlook

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September 26, 2013

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  • Federal Debt and the Statutory Limit, June 2013

    June 11, 2013
  • Updated Budget Projections: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2023

    May 14, 2013
  • Federal Debt and Interest Costs

    December 14, 2010
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Federal Debt and the Statutory Limit, September 2013

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September 25, 2013

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Press Briefing on The 2013 Long-Term Budget Outlook

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September 23, 2013

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Breakfast with Reporters

posted by Doug Elmendorf on September 19, 2013

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Federal Spending for Everything Other Than Major Health Care Programs, Social Security, and Net Interest

posted by Noah Meyerson & Sam Papenfuss on September 19, 2013

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  • The 2013 Long-Term Budget Outlook

    September 17, 2013
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Federal Spending on the Government’s Major Health Care Programs Is Projected to Rise Substantially Relative to GDP

posted by Julie Topoleski on September 18, 2013

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  • Updated Budget Projections: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2023

    May 14, 2013
  • CBO's Baseline Budget Projections, as of May 2013, With Percentages of GDP Updated to Reflect Recent Revisions by the Bureau of Economic Analysis

    September 11, 2013
  • Updated Historical Budget Data Following BEA's Recent Update of the National Income and Product Accounts

    August 12, 2013
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The 2013 Long-Term Budget Outlook

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September 17, 2013

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Has the Fundamental Federal Budgetary Challenge Been Addressed?

posted by Doug Elmendorf on September 12, 2013

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  • Has the Fundamental Federal Budgetary Challenge Been Addressed?

    September 12, 2013
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The Federal Budget: The Deficit is Down But the Fundamental Challenge Remains

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September 12, 2013

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