The Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update

August 2007

CBO expects the 2007 deficit to total $158 billion--a $90 billion decline from the deficit recorded for 2006. Nevertheless, the budget outlook for the long term remains daunting, primarily because of rising costs for health care.

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• CurrentBudgetProjections.pdf
• CurrentBudgetProjections.xls
• CurrentEconomicProjections.pdf
• YearByYear_TableC-1.xls
• PotentialOutput_Table2-2.xls

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