CBO Blog
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Monthly Budget Review for July 2015
August 7, 2015The federal government’s budget deficit amounted to $463 billion for the first 10 months of fiscal year 2015, CBO estimates.
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CBO To Release Updated Budget and Economic Outlook On August 25
August 6, 2015The report will be available on CBO’s website at 10:00 a.m.
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Estimating the Budgetary Effects of Legislation Involving the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation
July 30, 2015How will CMMI’s activities affect federal spending under current law? How does CBO estimate the budgetary effects of legislation that would affect CMMI’s current or future activities?
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Telemedicine
July 29, 2015Would expanding Medicare coverage for telemedicine services increase or decrease federal spending? How does CBO estimate the budgetary effects of proposals related to telemedicine?
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Presentation on CBO’s Long-Term Budget Outlook
July 14, 2015Director Keith Hall spoke to the Center for Strategic Tax Reform, highlighting the key points of CBO’s latest long-term budget projections.
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Understanding the Long-Term Budget Outlook
July 9, 2015CBO Director Keith Hall testifies on the long-term budget outlook before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate.
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Monthly Budget Review for June 2015
July 8, 2015The federal government ran a budget deficit of $314 billion for the first nine months of fiscal year 2015, CBO estimates.
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Answers to Questions About Dynamic Analysis
July 1, 2015The Congress adopted a concurrent resolution on the FY16 budget that requires CBO, to the greatest extent practicable, to include macroeconomic effects in its 10-year cost estimates of major legislation approved by Congressional committees.
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Budgetary and Economic Effects of Repealing the Affordable Care Act
June 19, 2015CBO and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation estimate that, over the next decade, a repeal of the Affordable Care Act would probably increase budget deficits with or without considering the effects of macroeconomic feedback.
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Testimony on the Status of the Highway Trust Fund and Options for Paying for Highway Spending
June 18, 2015Highway Trust Fund revenue cannot support current spending. The fund’s projected shortfalls could be addressed by reducing spending, increasing tax revenue credited to the trust fund, or transferring money from the Treasury’s general fund.
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