Today 1/19 we received the following posting from Deborah Kilroe of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) announcing the release of its budget outlook on February 7. We are forwarding this announcement as a service to our readers: The Congressional Budget Office will release The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2024 to 2034 at…
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CBO: Using Multiple Data Sources to Learn About the Race and Ethnicity of Taxpayers
A presentation by Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysts Rebecca Heller, Shannon Mok, and James Pearce, and Census Bureau research economist Jonathan Rothbaum at the American Economic Association Annual Meeting, Committee on Economic Statistics on January 5, 2024. According to the CBO, the purpose of this presentation is to summarize preliminary…
CBO: Implementing the Statutory Limits on Discretionary Funding for Fiscal Year 2024
In this document, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) provides information concerning implementation of the caps on most discretionary funding for fiscal year 2024 as established by the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023. Summary of Document: In this document, a letter from Philip L. Swagel, Director of the Congressional Budget Office, The…
Congressional Budget Office: The Accuracy of CBO’s Budget Projections for 2023
December 15, 2023 The Congressional Budget reports that its May 2022 projections for fiscal year 2023, CBO overestimated revenues by 11 percent and underestimated outlays by 9 percent. CBO’s projection of the federal deficit for 2023 was less than the actual amount by 3.9 percent of GDP. SUMMARY: After each…
Congressional Budget Office: CBO’s Current View of the Economy and the Implication for Federal Budget and Workers
In this report CBO responds to questions about the agency’s current view of economic growth and interest rates and the implications of that view for the federal budget—as well as about the implications of inflation for workers. SUMMARY: This letter responds to questions about the Congressional Budget Office’s current view…
New From the U.S. Congressional Budget Office: Received November 21, 2023
Nine new documents as reported by the House Committee on Small Business on September 26, 2023 H.R. 5426, a bill to require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to provide a link to resources for submitting reports on suspected fraud relating to certain COVID-19 loans As reported by the…
H.R. 1809, Block the Use of Transatlantic Technology in Iranian Made Drones Act
New from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) H.R. 1809, Block the Use of Transatlantic Technology in Iranian Made Drones Act: Cost Estimate (October 30, 2023) Summary of H.R. 1809: H.R. 1809 would require the Administration to develop strategies to prevent Iran from acquiring the means to build and operate unmanned…
Congressional Budget Office Plans in the Event of a Government Shutdown
CBO responds to Senator Rand Paul’s request for information about CBO’s operations had there been a shutdown on October 1. CBO Letter responding to Senator Rand Paul’s request Summary; Because of CBO’s role in supporting the Congress in its constitutional function, the agency had been instructed by the House and…
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Plans in the Event of a Government Shutdown
Posted by Phil Swagel on September 29, 2023. Because of CBO’s role in supporting the Congress in its constitutional function, the agency has been instructed by the House and Senate Budget Committees that if appropriated funds lapse and normal operations of the federal government are suspended, all CBO staff will…
The Federal Budget Process and the Role of the Congressional Budget
Presentation by: Lara Robillard, an analyst in CBO’s Budget Analysis Division, to the Leadership Fellowship Program at the National Hispanic Medical Association. Summary: CBO was established to give the Congress a stronger role in budget matters. The agency provides analysis of budgetary and economic issues that is objective and impartial.…