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12-Month Rolling Deficit is $2.0 Trillion in April 2025
The federal budget deficit totaled $2.0 trillion over the past 12 months based on estimates from the Congressional Budget ...
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 ...
Budget office expects $2.3T deficit before Biden’s coronavirus relief package
The Congressional Budget Office says the federal government is on track for a $2.3 trillion deficit this year, down roughly $900 billion from last year when the coronavirus pandemic led Congress ...
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 ...
WATCH: How much debt is too much? Bessent says its difficult to pinpoint
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told a Congressional committee Tuesday that it's hard to say how much debt the nation can carry, but said the U.S. won't ...
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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.