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AFTER CERTAINTY

Organization

Congressional Budget Office

Nonpartisan scorekeeper estimating how automatic stabilizers and fiscal rules shape the federal budget.

Why this matters

CBO numbers become the shared terrain when political arguments claim fiscal virtue.

Focus in observatory

Works

book

Effects of Automatic Stabilizers on the Federal Budget: 2024 to 2034

Congressional Budget Office. *Effects of Automatic Stabilizers on the Federal Budget: 2024 to 2034*. Washington, DC: Congressional Budget Office, November 2024.

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