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July 15, 2016
This infographic provides an overview of CBO’s report, The 2016 Long-Term Budget Outlook. Gain quick insight into why CBO projects a substantial imbalance in the federal budget beyond the next 10 years.
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January 6, 2016
The federal deficit in 2015 was $439 billion, equal to 2.5 percent of gross domestic product.
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January 6, 2016
Revenues received by the federal government in 2015 totaled $3.2 trillion, of which $1.5 trillion was receipts of individual income taxes.
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January 6, 2016
Mandatory spending by the federal government totaled $2.3 trillion in 2015, of which $1.0 trillion was for major health care programs.
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January 6, 2016
Discretionary spending by the federal government totaled $1.2 trillion in 2015—about half for national defense and half for nondefense activities.
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February 10, 2015
Businesses have become increasingly likely to choose the organizational structure that offers more favorable tax treatment. As a result, revenues are lower than they would otherwise be, but incentives for investment are probably greater.
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August 28, 2014
This slide deck provides a quick overview of CBO’s economic forecast published in An Update to the Budget and Economic Outlook: 2014 to 2024.
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July 16, 2014
To get a quick overview of CBO’s report The 2014 Long-Term Budget Outlook, check out this slide deck.
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April 18, 2014
This infographic is part of a set of four about the federal budget. See how much the government spent and took in during 2013 as well as other information about the budget, deficits, and debt.
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April 18, 2014
This infographic is part of a set of four being released today about the federal budget.
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April 18, 2014
This infographic is part of a set of four being released today about the federal budget.
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April 18, 2014
This infographic is part of a set of four being released today about the federal budget.
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October 24, 2013
Since 2008, corporate income tax receipts have been smaller, relative to the size of the economy, than their historical average of 1.9 percent of GDP—largely because the recent recession substantially reduced taxable corporate profits.
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October 23, 2013
In 2013, 37 percent of low- and moderate-income taxpayers who have earnings face total marginal tax rates between 30 percent and 39 percent, and over 20 percent of that group face marginal rates of 40 percent or more.
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May 8, 2013
By 2010, nearly 40 million foreign-born people lived in the United States, constituting about 13 percent of the U.S. population.
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May 8, 2013
In 2012, three states that account for more than one-fifth of the nation’s population—California, New York, and New Jersey—had a foreign-born population that, for each state, exceeded 20 percent of its total population.
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May 8, 2013
In 2012, 27 percent of the foreign-born population between the ages of 25 and 64 had not completed high school, compared with 7 percent of the native-born population.
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May 8, 2013
The Department of Homeland Security has estimated that, in 2011, about 11.5 million U.S. residents were in the country without legal authorization—about 3 million more than in 2000.
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May 8, 2013
Since 1994, the unemployment rate for foreign-born workers has generally increased when the unemployment rate for native-born workers has increased and decreased when the rate for native-born workers has decreased.
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April 18, 2013
Over the past two decades, the number of children in federally subsidized foster care has steadily declined, while the number of children whose adoptive parents receive federal adoption assistance has increased.
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April 17, 2013
Spending for military retirement pay and survivors’ annuities will rise by more than 30 percent over the next decade, CBO projects.
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April 16, 2013
The number of people receiving benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has risen sharply in recent years—from about 26 million in 2007 to nearly 47 million in 2012.
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March 15, 2013
By 2012, more than 95 percent of new mortgages were federally guaranteed. CBO expects that percentage to drop sharply in coming years under current law.
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March 14, 2013
CBO projects that, starting in 2015, the highway account of the Highway Trust Fund will have insufficient revenues to meet its obligations, resulting in steadily accumulating shortfalls.
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March 13, 2013
Under current law, total funding for child nutrition programs will grow from $20 billion in 2013 to $29 billion in 2023, CBO projects.
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March 12, 2013
Since 2008, during and after the most recent recession, temporary programs have significantly expanded the benefits available to unemployed people.
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February 11, 2013
Federal Means-Tested Programs and Tax Credits - Infographic
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November 14, 2012
What Accounts for the Slow Growth of the Economy After the Recession? - Infographic
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August 22, 2012
Under current law, a sharp reduction in the federal budget deficit between 2012 and 2013 will cause the economy to contract, CBO projects, but will also put federal debt on a path more likely to be sustainable over time.
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July 16, 2012
CBO projects that in 2022, the Social Security Disability Insurance program will provide benefits totaling $204 billion to over 12.3 million disabled workers and their dependents.