Employment and Labor Markets
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On The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2019 to 2029
Presentation by Keith Hall, CBO Director, at the 35th Annual NABE Economic Policy Conference.
- Presentation
An Overview of CBO's Life-Cycle Growth Model
The life-cycle growth model is one model that CBO uses to estimate the long-term effects of changes in fiscal policy. For example, the model can analyze the effects of changes to the Social Security system.
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How CBO Develops the Economic Projections Underlying Its Long-Term Budget Projections
Presentation by Wendy Edelberg, an Associate Director for Economic Analysis at CBO, and Jeffrey Werling, Assistant Director of CBO's Macroeconomic Analysis Division, at the 2019 Social Security Technical Panel.
- Cost Estimate
S. 226, Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act 2019
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on January 29, 2019
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Testimony on CBO’s Budget and Economic Outlook: 2019 to 2029
CBO Director Keith Hall testifies about The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2019 to 2029 before the Senate Budget Committee.
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The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2019 to 2029
In CBO’s projections, deficits remain large by historical standards, and federal debt grows to equal 93 percent of GDP by 2029. As the effects of fiscal stimulus wane, projected economic growth falls back below the historical average.
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The Effects of the Partial Shutdown Ending in January 2019
CBO estimates that the partial shutdown delayed $18 billion in federal spending and suspended some federal services, thus lowering the projected level of real GDP in the first quarter of 2019 by $8 billion (in 2019 dollars), or 0.2 percent.
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Workbook for How Changes in Economic Conditions Might Affect the Federal Budget, January 2019
This workbook allows users to enter an alternative scenario for productivity growth, labor force growth, inflation, or interest rates and see estimates of revenues, several types of spending, and deficits under those scenarios.
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Marginal Federal Tax Rates on Labor Income: 1962 to 2028
In this report, CBO projects, on the basis of current law, marginal federal tax rates on labor income from 2018 through 2028. So that current trends can be understood in a historical context, the projections are accompanied by rates from 1962.
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Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2019 to 2028
CBO periodically issues a volume of options—this year’s installment presents 121—that would decrease federal spending or increase federal revenues. CBO’s website allows users to filter options by topic, date, and other categories.