CBO Publications

The Congressional Budget Office produces nonpartisan fiscal and economic analysis for Congress, publishing cost estimates for pending legislation and broader fiscal and economic outlook reports. Publications typically number several items per week.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is an independent agency of the legislative branch that provides nonpartisan fiscal and economic analysis to Congress. CBO serves as Congress's principal source of nonpartisan budgetary and economic analysis, and its staff includes economists, budget analysts, and policy researchers with expertise across federal finances and economic policy. The agency operates without partisan affiliation or political agenda and provides analysis intended to inform congressional deliberations across both parties.

CBO's primary publications include cost estimates for pending federal legislation, which provide detailed fiscal projections for bills and proposed programs including effects on federal revenues, spending, and the deficit; baseline projections and economic outlook reports presenting long-term fiscal and economic forecasts for the federal budget, including projections of revenues, spending, deficits, and economic conditions; studies and analyses on fiscal policy questions, taxation policy, employment and labor economics, healthcare economics, and other economic topics relevant to federal policy; and reports on federal programs and spending patterns examining specific areas of federal activity.

These publications represent CBO's assessments and analyses and are released as analytical work is completed and finalized. CBO publications are written for congressional audiences and typically include detailed quantitative analysis, data tables, and explanations of methodology. Readers will encounter rigorous numerical analyses, fiscal projections, economic forecasting, and policy evaluations grounded in economic research and data. The analyses are designed to inform congressional decision-making on federal spending, taxation, and economic policy.

CBO publishes several items per week on a rolling basis. Publication dates and update dates indicate when analyses were released or revised. Readers can expect authoritative nonpartisan fiscal and economic analysis on topics ranging from specific pending legislation to broader fiscal and economic policy questions affecting the federal budget.

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