Supplemental Security Income

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    The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2026 to 2036

    In CBO's projections, the federal budget deficit in fiscal year 2026 is $1.9 trillion, and federal debt rises to 120 percent of GDP in 2036. Economic growth strengthens in 2026 and moderates in later years.

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    Dynamic Analysis of Changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in H.R. 1

    This slide deck describes the main mechanisms in CBO's dynamic analysis of H.R. 1, explains the changes to SNAP, and explains the macroeconomic effects and budgetary feedback of those changes.

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    Reconciling the Official Poverty Measure and CBO’s Distributional Analysis of Household Income

    CBO examines how its method for analyzing the distribution of household income differs from the Census Bureau’s method for calculating the official poverty measure. The most important differences stem from what each method counts as income.

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    The Distribution of Household Income in 2021

    Presentation by Bilal Habib, an analyst in CBO’s Tax Analysis Division, at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Fall Conference.

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    The Distribution of Household Income in 2021

    New policies implemented by the federal government affected transfers and taxes in 2021. The policies largely benefited lower- and middle-income households. But income inequality still increased, mainly because of realized capital gains.

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    Trends in the Distribution of Household Income From 1979 to 2021

    CBO regularly analyzes the distribution of income in the United States and how it has changed over time. This slide deck presents the distributions of household income, means-tested transfers, and federal taxes between 1979 and 2021.

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    Effects of the Immigration Surge on the Federal Budget and the Economy

    An increase in immigration over the 2021–2026 period boosts federal revenues as well as mandatory spending and interest on the debt in CBO’s baseline projections, lowering deficits, on net, by $0.9 trillion over the 2024–2034 period.

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    The Distribution of Household Income in 2020

    In 2020, the coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing federal response had significant effects on the distribution of household income. Income inequality before transfers and taxes increased, but inequality after transfers and taxes decreased.

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    Trends in the Distribution of Household Income From 1979 to 2020

    CBO regularly analyzes the distribution of income in the United States and how it has changed over time. This slide deck presents the distributions of household income, means-tested transfers, and federal taxes between 1979 and 2020.

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    The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2023 to 2033

    In CBO’s projections, the federal deficit totals $1.4 trillion in 2023 and averages $2.0 trillion per year from 2024 to 2033. Real GDP growth comes to a halt in 2023 and then rebounds, averaging 2.4 percent from 2024 to 2027.