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- Report
CBO reports annually on programs whose authorizations of appropriations have already expired or will expire.
- Report
This report examines approaches to budgeting that would distinguish expenditures for investment in physical capital, education, and research and development from other expenditures.
- Interactive
CBO’s interactive tool allows users to simulate the agency’s process for projecting discretionary budget authority and outlays for different types of spending over the course of 10 years.
- Report
CBO explains some of the guidelines it follows when providing information to the Congress about the budgetary effects of proposed legislation.
- Presentation
Presentation by Theresa Gullo, Director of Budget Analysis, and John McClelland, Director of Tax Analysis, at a joint seminar by the Congressional Budget Office and the Congressional Research Service.
- Report
CBO reports annually on programs whose authorizations of appropriations have already expired or will expire. CBO released information about legislation enacted through December 23, 2020. The full report will be issued in coming months.
- Report
CBO describes federal net interest outlays and their projected growth over the coming decade.
- Report
In its 2019 projections for fiscal year 2020, CBO underestimated revenues by 9 percent and outlays by 3 percent. CBO’s projection of the federal budget deficit in 2020 was more than the actual amount by 0.5 percent of GDP.
- Report
When analyzing proposals and programs whose costs depend on whether or not some uncertain variable reaches a specified trigger level, CBO considers a range of possible outcomes and their associated probabilities.
- Report
The average error for CBO’s budget-year revenue projections is 1.2 percent, indicating the agency has tended to slightly overestimate revenues. For the agency’s sixth-year revenue projections, the average error is greater—5.6 percent.