Budget
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CBO’s Projections of Federal Receipts and Expenditures in the National Income and Product Accounts: 2023 to 2033
This report presents CBO’s projections of revenues and outlays for the 2023–2033 period translated into the framework of the national income and product accounts and their categories of current receipts and expenditures.
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Estimates of the Cost of Federal Credit Programs in 2024
CBO estimates the costs of federal credit programs in 2024 in two ways—following procedures prescribed by the Federal Credit Reform Act and using a fair-value approach, which measures the market value of the government’s obligations.
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Sequestration Update Report: August 2023
In a report required by law, CBO provides information on the limits that apply to discretionary budget authority in 2024. Because no statutory caps are in place for fiscal year 2023, there will be no sequestration for the current fiscal year.
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Monthly Budget Review: July 2023
The federal budget deficit was $1.6 trillion in the first 10 months of fiscal year 2023, CBO estimates—more than twice the shortfall recorded during the same period last year.
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Answers to Questions for the Record Following a Hearing on Social Security’s Finances
The Senate Committee on the Budget convened a hearing at which Phillip L. Swagel, CBO's Director, testified about Social Security’s finances. This document provides CBO’s answers to questions submitted for the record.
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The Long-Term Budget Outlook Under Alternative Scenarios for the Economy and the Budget
CBO analyzed eight scenarios that differ from those underlying the agency’s long-term baseline budget projections—six that vary economic outcomes, one that varies budgetary outcomes, and one that limits Social Security benefits.
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The Economic and Budgetary Effects of Discretionary Funding Caps as Specified in the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023
CBO has estimated what the economic and budgetary effects would be if the discretionary funding caps enacted in June 2023 had been those required under H.R. 2811, the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023.
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Projected Costs of U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2023 to 2032
CBO estimates that plans for U.S. nuclear forces, as described in the fiscal year 2023 budget and supporting documents, would cost $756 billion over the 2023–2032 period, $122 billion more than CBO’s 2021 estimate for the 2021–2030 period.
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Monthly Budget Review: June 2023
The federal budget deficit was $1.4 trillion in the first nine months of fiscal year 2023, CBO estimates—$875 billion more than the shortfall recorded during the same period last year.
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CBO’s Economic Forecasting Record: 2023 Update
CBO assesses its two-year and five-year economic forecasts and compares them with forecasts of the Administration and the Blue Chip consensus, an average of about 50 private-sector forecasts.