Federal Budget

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Long-Term Budget Outlook Has Improved Substantially Since 2010 But Remains Challenging

October 10, 2019 | Richard Kogan, Paul N. Van de Water and Kathleen Bryant

The nation’s projected long-term finances have notably improved, largely due to significant reductions in prospective health care cost growth and interest rates.

Latest CBO Projections Show Federal Interest Payments to Remain Low for Several Years

February 24, 2021

Blog

Federal Interest Payments — the Cost of Debt — Are Low

January 15, 2021

Report

Program Spending Outside Social Security and Medicare Historically Low as a Percent of GDP and Projected to Fall Further

March 8, 2019

Report

2017 Tax Law Heightens Need for More Revenues

November 15, 2018 | Paul N. Van de Water

Report

Medicare Is Not “Bankrupt”

May 1, 2019 | Paul N. Van de Water

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Build Back Better Would Save About $2 Trillion in Second Decade

December 10, 2021

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Build Back Better Investments Are Fiscally Sustainable

November 11, 2021

Letter

Economic Think Tank Leaders Urge Policymakers to Pass Robust COVID Relief to Control the Virus, Address Hardship, Boost Economy

February 1, 2021

Report

Rising Federal Debt Should Not Shortchange Response to COVID-19 Crisis

September 9, 2020

Report

Putting the Size of the Needed COVID-19 Fiscal Response in Perspective

July 24, 2020

Commentary

Commentary: Deficit and Debt Shouldn’t Factor Into Coronavirus Recession Response

March 19, 2020

Policy Basics

Long-term deficits and debt will affect the nation’s ability to fund important investments in the future.

We analyze long-term deficit and debt trends to illustrate the challenges we face and highlight potential solutions. We also encourage policymakers to enact measures to strengthen today’s job market as well as measures to reduce longer-term deficits.

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Joel Friedman

Build Back Better Would Save About $2 Trillion in Second Decade

The CBO estimates of BBB show that it would cost a modest $158 billion over the next ten years, with costs turning to savings by...

Build Back Better Investments Are Fiscally Sustainable

Policymakers have committed to offsetting the costs of the bill’s new investments and have proposed a series of sound measures to do...

Latest CBO Projections Show Federal Interest Payments to Remain Low for Several Years

Concerns about growing federal debt should not dissuade policymakers from enacting additional measures to respond to COVID-19 and the economic crisis it spurred, such as those President Biden...

Economic Think Tank Leaders Urge Policymakers to Pass Robust COVID Relief to Control the Virus, Address Hardship, Boost Economy

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi H-232, The Capitol Washington, DC 20515 Majority Leader Chuck Schumer S-221, The Capitol Washington, DC 20510 Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy H-204,...