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CBO is engaged in many efforts to foster transparency, such as providing information to help people understand the federal budget process and the agency’s role in it. This week, CBO released three more primers as part of those efforts.
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CBO is engaged in many efforts aimed at fostering transparency, such as providing additional information to help people understand the federal budget process and the agency’s role in that process. Today, CBO is publishing two updated budget primers (first released in 2018) as part of those efforts:
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CBO congratulates the Australian Parliamentary Budget Office on its 10th anniversary and highlights the role of independent fiscal institutions.
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This morning I briefed the press about The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2019 to 2029, which CBO published today. I delivered the following remarks about that report. Also presented here are some answers to questions that I expected to receive.
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For this report to be complete and as useful to the Congress as possible, the House and Senate Budget Committees have asked CBO to delay publishing it until it can fully account for the funding provided in all 12 annual appropriation bills.
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For this report to be complete and as useful to the Congress as possible, the House and Senate Budget Committees have asked CBO to delay publishing it until it can fully reflect the funding provided in all 12 annual appropriation bills.
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Formal cost estimates are among the many products CBO provides to policymakers and analysts to help them assess the effects of differing policies on budgetary outcomes.
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CBO released a report on its “rules of thumb” that shows how changes in four key economic variables might affect revenues, outlays, and deficits. An interactive workbook allows users to see the budgetary effects of their own scenarios.
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At recent hearings, Members of Congress questioned how cost-sharing reductions had been incorporated in CBO’s baseline budget projections. Given the limited time to answer those questions, this blog post provides additional information.
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The Chairman of the House Budget Committee has announced that the committee will be considering a proposed budget resolution soon. What are budget resolutions, and what is CBO's role in this process?