The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2023

The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2023
ISBN-10
016091714X
ISBN-13
9780160917141
Category
Budget
Pages
74
Language
English
Published
2013
Publisher
Congressional Budget Office

Description

Reports on the state of the Federal budget and the United States economy. Each January, the Congressional Budget (CBO) prepares "baseline" Federal budget projections and the outlook for the United States economy spanning the next 10 years. Those projections are not a forecast of future events; rather, they are intended to provide a benchmark against which potential policy changes can be measured. Therefore, as specified in law, those projections generally incorporate the assumption that current laws are implemented. But substantial changes to tax and spending policies are slated to take effect in calendar year 2013 under current law. So CBO has also prepared projections under an "alternative fiscal scenario," in which some current or recent policies are assumed to continue in effect, even though, by law, they are scheduled to change. The decisions made by lawmakers as they confront those policy choices will have a significant impact on budget outcomes in the coming years.

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