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CBO Releases New Budget Infographics

Posted by Leigh Angres and Maureen Costantino on
January 6, 2016

For people who are not very familiar with the federal budget, it can be a challenge to find out how much the government spends and takes in each year and what programs and revenue sources account for the largest portions of those budgetary flows. With the start of a new session of Congress, we thought it would be a good time to update our budget infographics, which offer a detailed look back at fiscal year 2015 as well as broader trends over the past few decades. You can view the four infographics below—the first focused on the overall budget and the others on its components:


Leigh Angres is CBO’s Associate Director for Legislative Affairs. Maureen Costantino is a visual information and publications specialist in CBO’s Management, Business, and Information Services Division.