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Bookmark or Share- Budget | Congressional Budget OfficeThe Congressional Budget Act of 1974 requires CBO to produce an annual report on federal spending, revenues, and deficits or surpluses. This document provides answers to questions about how CBO prepares those baseline budget projections.
- The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2024 to 2034Projections at a Glance The Federal Budget The deficit totals $1.6 trillion in fiscal year 2024, grows to $1.8 trillion in 2025, and then returns to $1.6 trillion by 2027. Thereafter, deficits steadily mount, reaching $2.6 trillion in 2034. Measured in relation to gross domestic product (GDP), the deficit amounts to 5.6 percent in 2024, grows to 6.1 percent in 2025, and then shrinks to 5.2 ...
- The Federal Budget in Fiscal Year 2023: An InfographicThe federal deficit in 2023 was $1.7 trillion, equal to 6.3 percent of gross domestic product.
- Outlook for the Budget and the Economy - Congressional Budget OfficeCBO also updates its budget projections each spring in conjunction with its analysis of the President's budgetary proposals. By showing outcomes if current laws generally remained in place, the baseline projections provide the Congress with a benchmark against which to measure the effects of proposed changes in spending and tax laws.
- Budget and Economic Data - Congressional Budget OfficeLong-Term Budget Projections. Extensions of 10-year budget projections for additional decades. Beginning in March 2021, extensions of 10-year economic projections for additional decades are included in the supplemental files that contain CBO’s long-term economic projections.
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