U.S. CBO

This tool is a simplified version of the model that CBO uses to estimate outlays from discretionary budget authority for its baseline projections and to develop cost estimates for legislation that authorizes or provides discretionary appropriations. cbo.gov/publication/62…

CBO estimates that a national missile defense system possessing capabilities broadly consistent with those in the "The Iron Dome for America" executive order would cost about $1.2 trillion to develop, deploy, and operate for 20 years. cbo.gov/publication/62…

Presentation by Phill Swagel, Sean Dunbar, Sarah Masi, and Sarah Sajewski about CBO's baseline projections for health care programs. cbo.gov/publication/62…

The federal budget deficit totaled $955 billion in the first seven months of fiscal year 2026, CBO estimates. That amount is $94 billion less than the deficit recorded during the same period last fiscal year. cbo.gov/publication/61…

Presentation by Jeffrey Kling and Heidi Williams on how economists can help inform economic and budget analysis used by the U.S. Congress. cbo.gov/publication/62…

CBO provides answers to questions for the record following a hearing on the agency's most recent analysis of the outlook for the budget and the economy. cbo.gov/publication/62…

This slide deck provides an overview of the main model that CBO uses to produce conventional estimates of the budgetary effects of changes in tariffs. cbo.gov/publication/61…

Presentation about work by Sheila Campbell, Jaeger Nelson, Eli Schrag, Heidi Williams, and Caleb Wroblewski on estimating economic effects of federal investment in research and development. cbo.gov/publication/62…

CBO analyzes one of DoD's largest and most complicated budget requests in the past 50 years. DoD's 2026 budget request totaled $961 billion, including $113 billion in funding provided by the 2025 reconciliation act. cbo.gov/publication/62…

CBO examines rural housing demographics, federal credit programs and other programs that support rural communities, and the total budgetary effects of those federal credit programs. cbo.gov/publication/61…

This working paper examines trends in earnings assimilation of immigrant workers over a 41-year period and estimates earnings assimilation separately for immigrants who eventually leave the United States versus those who stay. cbo.gov/publication/62…

Watch Eric J. Labs, CBO's Senior Analyst for Naval Forces and Weapons, testify. armedservices.house.gov/calendar/event…

Testimony on Challenges Facing the Navy's and Coast Guard's Shipbuilding Programs and the Shipbuilding Industrial Base cbo.gov/publication/62…

Use CBO's tool to define and analyze alternative economic scenarios and see how federal revenues, outlays, and deficits and debt under those scenarios might differ from outcomes in CBO's 10-year budget projections. cbo.gov/publication/61…

To show how economic conditions affect its budget projections, CBO analyzed how revenues, outlays, and deficits might change if the values of key economic variables differed from those in the agency's forecast. cbo.gov/publication/62…

Watch CBO Director Phillip Swagel testify. appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/a-rev…

Testimony on the Congressional Budget Office's Request for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2027 cbo.gov/publication/62…

CBO requests appropriations of $76.3 million for fiscal year 2027. The requested amount is an increase of $1.5 million, or 2 percent, above the funding provided for this fiscal year. cbo.gov/publication/61…

What activities will CBO undertake in 2026 to enhance the transparency of its work? cbo.gov/publication/61…

What has CBO been working on? cbo.gov/publication/62…