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CBO periodically issues a volume of options—this year’s installment presents 121—that would decrease federal spending or increase federal revenues. CBO’s website allows users to filter options by topic, date, and other categories.
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As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on October 11, 2018
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As passed by the House of Representatives on September 26, 2018
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CBO examines how federal control affects the GSEs’ budgetary treatment and describes how different accounting approaches affect estimates of the costs of the GSEs and of potential policy changes.
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CBO analyzes four alternative structures for the secondary mortgage market, in which the government would play varying roles in guaranteeing mortgage-backed securities, and provides estimates of federal costs under each approach.
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In this primer, CBO discusses the methodological differences between the FCRA and fair-value approaches and how those differences affect estimates of the cost of federal credit programs.
- Cost Estimate
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on June 14, 2018
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Using FCRA procedures, CBO estimates that new loans and loan guarantees issued in 2019 would result in savings of $37.4 billion. But using fair-value procedures, CBO estimates that they would have a lifetime cost of $37.9 billion.
- Cost Estimate
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on May 22, 2018
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The Senate Budget Committee convened a hearing at which Director Keith Hall testified about The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2018 to 2028. This document provides CBO’s answers to questions submitted for the record.