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A flat $1,660 monthly Social Security benefit for everyone? It’s one proposed CBO remedy.
Even this radical rethink would only pay for about 12% of the cost of the tax cuts currently being considered by Donald Trump ...
The federal deficit keeps growing and the Congressional Budget Office has solutions
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget ... the CBO projected that federal budget deficits are expected to average $1.9 trillion ...
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CBO says US budget deficits to widen, national debt to surge to 156% of GDP
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget ... The CBO's budget forecasts that the debt held by the public as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP), a metric favored by economists for comparing ...
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Unpaid-for Tax Cuts Would Shrink Incomes, CBO Finds
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently found that extending the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) and adding $1.5 ...
Tariffs begin to take toll
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US tariffs imposed by Trump will slow GDP growth says Congressional Budget Office
WASHINGTON: Tariffs imposed by the Trump administration will limit growth of U.S. real gross domestic product ... at current levels, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said on Monday.
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Congressional Budget Office raises this year's federal budget deficit projection by $400 billion
The Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday that it projects this year's federal budget deficit to be $400 billion higher, a 27% increase compared to its original estimate released in February.