Almost half of the employees at small businesses work for ones that do not offer a health insurance plan. CBO describes sources of coverage, health plan options, enrollment, and premiums.
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CBO provides estimates of the budgetary effects of automatic stabilizers—as well as the size of federal budget deficits without them—over the past 50 years and in CBO's current economic forecast from 2026 to 2036.
CBO reports annually on programs whose authorizations of appropriations have already expired or will expire. This report updates CBO's preliminary report that was released on January 15, 2026.
CBO describes the rules governing the taxation of Social Security benefits and examines how those rules affect federal revenues, the distribution of taxes among beneficiaries, and the broader economy.
Changes in trade policy through July 31, 2026, result in projected total deficits that are $0.9 trillion larger over the 2027–2036 period than they were in CBO’s February 2026 baseline projections.
CBO compares the baseline projections of federal revenues it has made since 1982 with actual revenues.
The federal budget deficit totaled $1.8 trillion in the first 10 months of fiscal year 2026, CBO estimates. That amount is $169 billion more than the deficit recorded during the same period last fiscal year.
CBO estimates that it would cost about $275 billion (in 2026 dollars) to build 15 of the Navy's new nuclear-powered battleships through 2056. The first ship would cost about $23 billion, and the next 14 ships would average $18 billion.
CBO describes excise taxes, examines trends in excise tax revenues, and provides information about the models it uses for its baseline projections of excise tax revenues.
CBO projects that the military's fighter fleet will shrink from about 3,300 aircraft now to about 3,000 by 2029 and then grow to 3,600 aircraft by 2040. Starting in 2033, more than half the fleet will be harder-to-detect stealthy aircraft.