Is the Congressional Budget Office Too Optimistic? — June 16, 2025
Join Antony Davies, director of economic research at CFC, as he examines the CBO's record of rosier-than-reality forecasts.
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Sources:
Sources:
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61459
- https://rollcall.com/2025/06/09/cbo-debt-limit-x-date-likely-not-until-mid-august-at-earliest/
- https://www.statista.com/statistics/200386/budget-of-the-us-government-for-fiscal-year-2012-by-agencies/
- https://www.cbo.gov/about/10-things-to-know
- https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/omb/organization_mission/
- https://www.jct.gov/operations/frequently-asked-questions/
- https://www.cbo.gov/data/budget-economic-data
- https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/debt-to-the-penny/debt-to-the-penny
- https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/interest-expense-avg-interest-rates/
- https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/2025/03/global-debt-report-2025_bab6b51e.html
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Antony Davies
Antony Davies is director of economic research at CFC. Visit his full bio at https://www.nrucfc.coop/content/solutions/en/author/antony-davies.html for more.
