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The Bureau of Economic Analysis released its preliminary estimate of real GDP growth for the third quarter of 2022 this week. The Concord Coalition is presenting the story in a series of charts—because a picture is worth a thousand words.…

It’s been a busy week for budget news: The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a preliminary estimate of the budget deficit for FY 2022; the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced a new cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) for beneficiaries in 2023; and the…

When The Concord Coalition was founded in September 1992, it was already apparent that the federal budget was on an unsustainable path. Thirty years later, that is still the case. Despite the “peace dividend” of the 1990s, and surprisingly lower…

After a three-week delay, we finally know how much deficit reduction was achieved in H.R.5376, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)—the final installment of President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda. After changes imposed by the rules of reconciliation in the Senate…

Recession chatter reached a fever pitch this week when, on July 28, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released its preliminary (advance) estimate of real gross domestic product (GDP) for the second quarter of 2022. According to the BEA, the economy shrank…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its 2022 Long-Term Budget Outlook, projecting yet again a grim fiscal outlook for future generations. Absent any remedial action by Congress, by 2052 our debt to GDP ratio will be 185 percent…

WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition said today that this year’s reports from the Social Security and Medicare trustees sound a blaring alarm that legislative actions must be taken soon to avoid sudden substantial benefit cuts by 2035 for Social Security…

After a lengthy delay, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) finally published its much anticipated budget baseline.