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Report
November 7, 2016
In fiscal year 2016, which ended on September 30, the federal budget deficit totaled $587 billion—$148 billion more than the shortfall recorded in 2015. Measured as a share of the nation’s gross domestic product, the deficit increased to 3.2 percent in 2016, up from 2.5 percent in 2015.
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Presentation
November 4, 2016
Presentation by Keith Hall, CBO Director, to the American Academy of Actuaries.
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Presentation
November 1, 2016
Presentation by Megan Carroll, an analyst for CBO’s Budget Analysis Division, at the Budget Formulation and Execution Line of Business’s Fall Forum.
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Report
October 28, 2016
The House Budget Committee convened a hearing at which CBO testified about its estimates of the budgetary effects of CMMI’s activities. This document provides CBO’s answers to questions submitted for the record.
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Report
October 25, 2016
This table shows CBO’s estimate of the budget authority provided in supplemental appropriations acts for fiscal year 2000 to the present. The table will be updated as new supplemental appropriations are enacted.
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Report
October 20, 2016
In this report, CBO analyzes a policy that would allow Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to increase their capital by reducing their payments to the government and discusses the effects that it would have on the budget and the mortgage market.
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Data and Technical Information
October 18, 2016
This table shows the status of discretionary appropriations for FY 2017 as of October 13, 2016.
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Data and Technical Information
October 18, 2016
This table shows the status of discretionary appropriations for FY 2016 as of September 30, 2016.
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Data and Technical Information
October 18, 2016
This table shows the status of discretionary appropriations for FY 2016 as of September 30, 2016.
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Data and Technical Information
October 18, 2016
This table shows the status of discretionary appropriations for FY 2017 as of September 28, 2016.
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Report
October 7, 2016
The federal government ran a budget deficit of $588 billion in fiscal year 2016, CBO estimates—$149 billion greater than the shortfall recorded in fiscal year 2015.
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Cost Estimate
September 23, 2016
As posted on the website of the Senate Committee on Appropriations on September 22, 2016
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Presentation
September 22, 2016
Presentation by Wendy Edelberg, an Associate Director for Economic Analysis at CBO, at the Seminar on Forecasting at George Washington University.
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Report
September 21, 2016
Both CBO and the Social Security Trustees project a shortfall in Social Security finances but they differ in their assessment of its magnitude. This testimony describes that difference and the major factors that contribute to it.
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Cost Estimate
September 12, 2016
As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 8, 2016
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Cost Estimate
September 9, 2016
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 12, 2016
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Report
September 9, 2016
Federal receipts and expenditures in the national income and product accounts (NIPAs) differ in certain ways from revenues and outlays as shown in the federal budget. This report presents CBO’s baseline projections using the NIPA framework.
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Blog Post
September 8, 2016
CBO compares its economic forecast, as presented in An Update to the Budget and Economic Outlook: 2016 to 2026, with historical experience and discusses why economic growth in coming years is projected to diverge from historical trends.
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Report
September 8, 2016
The federal budget deficit was $622 billion for the first 11 months of fiscal year 2016, CBO estimates—$92 billion more than the shortfall recorded during the same period last year.
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Report
September 7, 2016
On September 7, 2016, CBO Deputy Director Mark Hadley testified on CBO’s estimates of the budgetary effects of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives.
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Blog Post
September 7, 2016
CBO discusses several uncertainties in the outlook for the U.S. economy, as described in An Update to the Budget and Economic Outlook: 2016 to 2026.
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Report
August 23, 2016
The deficit under current law is projected to be larger this year, but smaller over the 2017–2026 period, than CBO projected in March. Since January, CBO has reduced its projections of GDP growth and interest rates over the coming decade.
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Report
August 12, 2016
In a report required by law, CBO provides estimates of the caps on discretionary funding for each fiscal year through 2021. CBO concludes that the discretionary appropriations provided to date for 2016 do not exceed the caps for this year.
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Report
August 5, 2016
The federal budget deficit was $514 billion for the first 10 months of fiscal year 2016, CBO estimates—$49 billion more than the shortfall recorded during the same period last year.
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Blog Post
August 2, 2016
CBO published its 2016 Long-Term Budget Outlook in July, describing the agency’s projections of federal spending and revenues over the next 30 years. This blog post focuses on the projected growth of net interest costs.
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Report
August 2, 2016
The pensions of some 10 million people are insured by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s multiemployer program. CBO projects future claims on the program and losses to its beneficiaries and analyzes potential policy changes.
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Cost Estimate
August 1, 2016
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 12, 2016
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Presentation
July 29, 2016
This slide deck provides a quick overview of CBO’s report, The 2016 Long-Term Budget Outlook.
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Cost Estimate
July 29, 2016
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on May 25, 2016
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Cost Estimate
July 28, 2016
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 12, 2016