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September 2025
CBO describes the process of drafting data use agreements, the agreements that it has with other federal agencies, and the successes and challenges that it has experienced in accessing data over the past twelve months.
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CBO's Director, Phillip Swagel, highlights his recent speaking engagements and the topics he discussed.
CBO provides details about its latest economic projections through 2028, which reflect several substantial changes in federal policy and economic developments that have occurred this year.
CBO projects that the U.S. population will increase from 350 million people in 2025 to 367 million people in 2055. It will be smaller and grow more slowly over the next 30 years, on average, than the agency previously projected it would.
The federal budget deficit totaled $2.0 trillion in the first 11 months of fiscal year 2025, CBO estimates. That amount is $92 billion more than the deficit recorded during the same period last fiscal year.
CBO examines drug purchases made through the 340B program in 2021, growth in such purchases from 2010 to 2021, and factors that contributed to that growth. CBO also assesses how the 340B program affects the federal budget.