How Changes in Economic Conditions Might Affect the Federal Budget: 2020 to 2030

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To show how the federal budget might be affected if economic conditions differed from those in its current economic forecast, CBO has developed “rules of thumb” that provide a sense of how changes in four key economic variables would affect revenues, outlays, and deficits.

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An interactive workbook allows users to see how changes in four key economic variables would affect revenues, outlays, and deficits.