Banking and Capital Markets
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 3556, Increasing Financial Regulatory Accountability and Transparency Act
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on May 24, 2023
- Report
Report on the Troubled Asset Relief Program–April 2023
Lawmakers created the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) in 2008 to stabilize financial markets. The TARP’s net cost will be $31 billion, CBO estimates—about the same as what the agency last reported in May 2022 and similar to OMB’s latest estimate.
- Working Paper
The U.S. Dollar as an International Currency and Its Economic Effects: Working Paper 2023-04
The U.S. dollar’s status as an international currency has contributed to persistent U.S. trade deficits and, by lowering interest rates, to increased access to credit for U.S. households, businesses, and the federal government.
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 187, Default Prevention Act
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on March 9, 2023
- Report
Financial Commitments of Federal Credit and Insurance Programs, 2012 to 2021
CBO describes the commitments the federal government has made through its credit and insurance programs, including housing, real estate, and student loan programs, deposit insurance, insurance for private pensions, and flood and crop insurance.
- Cost Estimate
H.J. Res. 30, Providing for Congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights"
As posted on the Website of the House Committee on Rules on
February 23, 2023 - Presentation
Recent Changes to CBO’s Projections of Remittances From the Federal Reserve
This slide deck provides additional information about CBO’s most recent projections of remittances from the Federal Reserve, which have decreased largely because of higher projected short-term interest rates in 2023 and 2024.
- Cost Estimate
Estimated Changes in Direct Spending and Revenues of H.R. 7900, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
As Passed by the House of Representatives on July 14, 2022
- Report
How the Federal Reserve’s Quantitative Easing Affects the Federal Budget
In this report, CBO examines the mechanisms by which quantitative easing — large asset purchasing programs conducted by the Federal Reserve— affects the federal budget deficit.
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 7977, Promoting Opportunities for Non-Traditional Capital Formation Act
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on June 22, 2022