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Under current law, CBO projects, Social Security’s trust funds, considered together, will be exhausted in 2029. In that case, benefits in 2030 would need to be reduced by 29 percent from the scheduled amounts.
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CBO analyzes 36 policy options commonly proposed by policymakers and analysts. Most of them would improve Social Security’s long-term finances, but only a few would significantly postpone the combined trust funds’ exhaustion date.
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Presentation by Ben Page, CBO's Fiscal Policy Studies Unit Chief, at the National Tax Association 108th Annual Conference on Taxation
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Presentation by Ben Page, CBO's Fiscal Policy Studies Unit Chief, at the National Tax Association 108th Annual Conference on Taxation
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Presentation by Wendy Edelberg, CBO’s Assistant Director for Macroeconomic Analysis, and Teri Gullo, CBO's Assistant Director for Budget Analysis, to Congressional Staff
- Blog Post
CBO Director Keith Hall spoke to the Board of Trustees for the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation about CBO’s latest long-term projections.
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Presentation by Wendy Edelberg, CBO’s Assistant Director for Macroeconomic Analysis, and Teri Gullo, CBO's Assistant Director for Budget Analysis, at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
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Presentation by Wendy Edelberg, CBO’s Assistant Director for Macroeconomic Analysis, at the American Enterprise Institute, describing how CBO will incorporate macroeconomic effects into certain cost 10-year estimates.
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Presentation by Meredith Decker, an Associate Analyst in CBO’s Budget Analysis Division, to Congressional staff, explaining the federal debt limit and the “extraordinary” measures the Treasury takes when the debt reaches that limit.
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Presentation by Wendy Edelberg, CBO’s Assistant Director for Macroeconomic Analysis, at the Social Security Trustees Working Group