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CBO periodically issues a compendium of options—this installment presents 79—to inform lawmakers about the budgetary effects of ways to reduce the deficit. The report has both interactive and printable formats.
- Data and Technical Information
The Budgetary Effects of Alternative Policies Relative to CBO's April 2014 Baseline updated for the Final Physician Fee Schedule Rule
- Report
In certain reports and for some major pieces of legislation, CBO analyzes the short- and longer-term effects on the overall economy of changes in federal tax and spending policies. This report explains the methods that CBO uses.
- Blog Post
Last week Director Doug Elmendorf spoke at Macroeconomic Advisers’ Washington Policy Seminar and at Cornell University.
- Presentation
Presentation by Doug Elmendorf, CBO Director, at Cornell University
- Report
From 2000 to 2013, the number of veterans receiving VA disability payments rose by nearly 55 percent, and spending for those benefits almost tripled. How might changes in VA's disability compensation program affect the federal budget?
- Report
The President’s policies would make U.S. output larger over the next decade than it would be under current law—mostly by changing immigration laws. Such economic effects would feed back into the budget in ways that would reduce deficits.
- Blog Post
How large would federal debt be in 25 years if current laws remained generally unchanged, and what would be the consequences of large and growing federal debt?
- Blog Post
Over the next 25 years, revenues are projected to fall well short of spending if current laws stay generally the same. Why is that the case?
- Report
Enacting the President’s proposals would, CBO and JCT estimate, result in deficits totaling $6.6 trillion between 2015 and 2024, $1.0 trillion less than the cumulative deficit in CBO’s current-law baseline.