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The federal budget deficit was $292 billion for the first two months of fiscal year 2010, CBO estimates in its latest monthly budget review, about $11 billion greater than the shortfall recorded through November of last year. Although spending related to turmoil in the financial markets was sharply reduced compared with that in the first two months of last year, the deficit is higher because of increased spending on unemployment benefits and certain other entitlement programs and reduced individual income tax receipts.
- Cost Estimate
Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on November 5, 2009
- Cost Estimate
Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 18, 2009
- Presentation
CBO Director Doug Elmendorf's presentation to The Group of Thirty
- Cost Estimate
Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on November 18, 2009.
- Cost Estimate
Cost estimate for the bill as introduced on December 2, 2009.
- Report
Based on the Monthly Treasury Statement for October and the Daily Treasury Statements for November
- Blog Post
Today CBO's Assistant Director for Microeconomic Studies, Joseph Kile, testified before the House Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research on the use of agricultural offsets as part of a cap-and-trade program for reducing greenhouse gases.
- Blog Post
Pharmaceutical companies' efforts to promote prescription drugs have attracted the attention of policymakers because such activities may affect the rate at which different drugs are prescribed and consumed, the total amount spent on health care, and, ultimately, health outcomes. Yesterday CBO released a brief highlighting trends in promotional spending for prescription drugs and market characteristics that influence promotional strategies.
- Cost Estimate
Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on November 19, 2009