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In CBO’s projections, federal budget deficits remain large by historical standards, and federal debt grows to equal 95 percent of GDP by 2029. Economic growth is expected to slow from 2.3 percent in 2019 to a rate that is below its long-run historical average.
- Presentation
Presentation by Geena Kim, an analyst in CBO’s Health, Retirement, and Long-Term Analysis Division, at the American Enterprise Institute.
- Report
In 2016, average household income before accounting for means-tested transfers and federal taxes was $21,000 for the lowest quintile and $291,000 for the highest quintile. After transfers and taxes, those averages were $35,000 and $214,000.
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The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour for most workers. In this report, CBO examines how increasing the federal minimum wage to $10, $12, or $15 per hour by 2025 would affect employment and family income.
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As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on June 20, 2019
- Report
If current laws generally remained unchanged, large budget deficits would boost federal debt to unprecedented levels over the next 30 years, CBO projects.
- Presentation
Presentation by Geena Kim and Sean Lyons, analysts in CBO’s Health, Retirement, and Long-Term Analysis Division, at the 8th Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists.
- Report
CBO testifies before the House Budget Committee on the agency's recent work analyzing the key design components and considerations for establishing a single-payer health care system.
- Presentation
CBO and JCT project that federal subsidies, taxes, and penalties associated with health insurance coverage for people under age 65 will result in a net subsidy from the federal government of $737 billion in 2019 and $1.3 trillion in 2029.
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CBO and JCT project that federal subsidies, taxes, and penalties associated with health insurance coverage for people under age 65 will result in a net subsidy from the federal government of $737 billion in 2019 and $1.3 trillion in 2029.