CBO News Updates

GovernmentBusiness

CBO: Shutdown Has Already Cost Economy $18 Billion

GDP is already poised to be at least one percentage point lower in the fourth quarter due to the government shutdown, according to the CBO report released Oct. 29.

October 29, 2025
GovernmentBusiness

Trump Gets Tentative Win From CBO Tax and Tariff Estimates

The CBO handed Republicans a major political talking point, with projections showing the possibility for tariffs to bring in more federal revenue than would be lost by Trump's tax cut plan.

June 4, 2025
GovernmentBusiness

CBO Trims GDP Forecast for 2020, Lifts 2021 Projection

The U.S. economy will see a slightly deeper contraction this year but a bigger rebound in 2021 than previously forecast, according to updated estimates from the Congressional Budget Office.

July 2, 2020