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The federal budget deficit totaled $1.2 trillion in the first eight months of fiscal year 2026, CBO estimates. That amount is $116 billion less than the deficit recorded during the same period last fiscal year. cbo.gov/publication/61981
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CBO describes the role the Federal Reserve plays in stabilizing financial markets during crises and estimates the costs of programs created during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide liquidity and address stress in financial markets. cbo.gov/publication/61376
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CBO announces the current members of its Panel of Economic Advisers. cbo.gov/publication/62474

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CBO examines how incorporating Social Security wealth into standard measures of family wealth affects estimates of wealth inequality over time. cbo.gov/publication/62263

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Collections of federal revenues from October 2025 to mid-May 2026 totaled $3.5 trillion, about $50 billion (or 1 percent) less than would be expected on the basis of CBO's February 2026 baseline projections. cbo.gov/publication/62442
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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/62256
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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/62379

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Presentation by Phill Swagel, Sean Dunbar, Sarah Masi, and Sarah Sajewski about CBO's baseline projections for health care programs. cbo.gov/publication/62380

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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/61980

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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/62410

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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/62378

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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/61388

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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/62377

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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/62301

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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/61946
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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/62261

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