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Monthly Budget Review: Summary for Fiscal Year 2019

In fiscal year 2019, which ended on September 30, the federal budget deficit totaled $984 billion—$205 billion more than the shortfall recorded in 2018. Measured as a share of the nation’s gross domestic product, the deficit increased to 4.6 percent in 2019, up from 3.8 percent in 2018 and 3.5 percent in 2017.

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MAJOR RECURRING REPORTS

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The 2019 Long-Term Budget Outlook

Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2019 to 2028

Monthly Budget Review: Summary for Fiscal Year 2019

CBO’s Economic Forecasting Record: 2019 Update

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CBO’s Work in Progress as of October 4, 2019

An Analysis of the Navy's Fiscal Year 2020 Shipbuilding Plan

CBO’s 2019 Long-Term Projections for Social Security: Additional Information

An Update to the Budget and Economic Outlook: 2019 to 2029

Sequestration Update Report: August 2019

Long-Term Implications of the 2020 Future Years Defense Program

CBO’s Projections of Federal Receipts and Expenditures in the National Income and Product Accounts: 2019 to 2029

The Distribution of Household Income, 2016

Federal Mandatory Spending for Means-Tested Programs, 2009 to 2029

Fair-Value Estimates of the Cost of Federal Credit Programs in 2020

An Analysis of the President’s 2020 Budget

Federal Subsidies for Health Insurance Coverage for People Under Age 65: 2019 to 2029

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Report on the Troubled Asset Relief Program—April 2019

The Congressional Budget Office's Work in 2018: A Report to the Congress

Expired and Expiring Authorizations of Appropriations: Fiscal Year 2019

Legislation Enacted in the 115th Congress That Affects Mandatory Spending or Revenues

Federal Debt and the Statutory Limit, February 2019

Projected Costs of U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2019 to 2028

Transparency at CBO: Future Plans and a Review of 2018

The Accuracy of CBO's Baseline Estimates for Fiscal Year 2018

Public Spending on Transportation and Water Infrastructure, by Level of Government

Public Spending on Transportation and Water Infrastructure, 1956 to 2017

A Review of CBO’s Activities in 2014 Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

Estimated Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Employment and Economic Output in 2014

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Presentation
CBO’s 10-Year Budget and Economic Projections
November 12, 2019
Cost Estimate
H.R. 4625, Protect the GI Bill Act
November 12, 2019
Cost Estimate
H.R. 2227, Gold Star Spouses and Spouses of Injured Servicemembers Leasing Relief Expansion Act of 2019
November 8, 2019
Cost Estimate
H.R. 3224, Deborah Sampson Act
November 8, 2019
Cost Estimate
H.R. 4162, GI Bill Planning Act of 2019
November 8, 2019

H.R. 4625, Protect the GI Bill Act
November 12, 2019
H.R. 2227, Gold Star Spouses and Spouses of Injured Servicemembers Leasing Relief Expansion Act of 2019
November 8, 2019
H.R. 3224, Deborah Sampson Act
November 8, 2019
H.R. 4162, GI Bill Planning Act of 2019
November 8, 2019
H.R. 4356, Protecting Families of Fallen Servicemembers Act
November 8, 2019

Monthly Budget Review: Summary for Fiscal Year 2019
November 7, 2019
Alternatives for Modernizing the Navy’s Sealift Force
October 31, 2019
CBO’s Economic Forecasting Record: 2019 Update
October 31, 2019
Additional Information About the Effects of Public Law 115-97 on Revenues
October 28, 2019
Issues and Options for a Tax on Vehicle Miles Traveled by Commercial Trucks
October 17, 2019

CBO’s 10-Year Budget and Economic Projections
November 12, 2019
CBO’s Relationships With Agencies: Communication Is Key
October 31, 2019
A Presentation on Financial Regulation and the Federal Budget
October 30, 2019
Prospects for DoD’s Acquisition Budget Over the Next Decade
October 29, 2019
The Navy’s Amphibious Warfare Force: Change Under Fiscal Constraints
October 22, 2019

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