The 2017 Budget and Economic Outlook...Congressional Budget Office The 2017 Economic and Budget...
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Congressional Budget Office
The 2017 Economic and Budget Outlook
Presentation for the REALTOR® University Speaker Series
May 5, 2017
Jeff WerlingAssistant Director, Macroeconomic Analysis Division
This presentation provides 10-year budget and economic projections as well as longer-term budget projections published in The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2017 to 2027 (January 2017), www.cbo.gov/publication/52370, and The 2017 Long-Term Budget Outlook (March 2017), www.cbo.gov/publication/52480.
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1C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
CBO’s Mission
To provide the Congress with objective, nonpartisan, and timely analyses of legislative proposals and of budgetary and economic issues to support the Congressional budget process.
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CBO’s Organization and Staffing
■ CBO is organized into the Office of the Director and eight divisions.
■ The agency has about 230 full-time employees.
■ The director is appointed by the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate.
■ The Director appoints all CBO staff solely on the basis of professional competence, not political affiliation.
■ Over 70 percent of CBO’s professional staff have advanced degrees in economics, public policy, or a related field.
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3C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
Helping the Congress Develop a Budget Plan
■ CBO prepares a 10-year baseline to serve as a neutral benchmark.– Developed according to long-standing rules for projecting revenues and
expenditures, under the assumption that current laws remain unchanged
– Consistent with the macroeconomic forecast, which informs key economic assumptions
■ CBO estimates the budgetary effects of legislative options, including the President’s budget proposal, relative to current law, using the parameters that underlie the baseline.
■ The Budget Committees use the information to develop a budget resolution.
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Helping the Congress Stay Within Its Budget
■ CBO prepares cost estimates for each bill approved by a committee.– Informs lawmakers whether enacting legislation would worsen or
improve the projected budget deficit
■ CBO provides preliminary analysis of some legislative proposals on an informal basis.– Informs lawmakers about potential budgetary effects so that they can
make any desired changes before taking more formal action
■ CBO’s scorekeeping unit tracks spending.– Informs committees whether they are within their allocations specified
in the budget resolution
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5C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
What CBO Does Not Do
■ Make policy recommendations– Strictly nonpartisan; no judgments about a legislative proposal’s merits
■ Write legislation– Instead, evaluates different proposals and options
■ Implement programs and regulations and enforce budget rules– The executive branch does that
■ Audit spending or receipts– GAO does that
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6C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
The 10-Year Economic Outlook
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7C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
Growth of Real GDP and Real Potential GDP, and the Output Gap
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8C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
Average Growth in Real Potential GDP
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9C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
Actual and Natural Unemployment Rates
Percent
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10C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
Labor Force Participation Rates
Percent
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11C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
The Employment Shortfall
Millions of People
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12C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
Inflation
Percentage Change in PCE Price Indexes
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13C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
Interest Rates
Percent
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14C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
The 10-Year Budget Outlook
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Total Deficits or Surplusestal Deficits or Surpluses
P Percentage of Gross Domestic Product
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16C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
Total Revenues and Outlays
Percentage of Gross Domestic Product
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17C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
Revenues, by Major Source
Percentage of Gross Domestic Product
1967 1972 1977 1982 1987 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 2022 20270
2
4
6
8
10 9.7Individual
Income Taxes
Actual
5.9
1.61.2
Payroll Taxes
CorporateIncome Taxes
Other Revenue Sources
Projected
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18C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
Projected Outlays in Major Budget Categories
Percentage of Gross Domestic Product
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19C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
Revenues, Tax Expenditures, and Selected Components of Spending in 2017
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20C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
Spending and Revenues Projected in CBO’s Baseline, Compared With Actual Values in 1967 and 1992Percentage of Gross Domestic Product
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21C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
Population, by Age Group
Millions of People
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22C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
Components of the Total Increase in Outlays inCBO’s Baseline Between 2017 and 2027
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23C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
The Long-Term Budget Outlook
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24C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
Federal Debt Held by the Public
Percentage of Gross Domestic Product
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25C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
Why Does Rising Federal Debt Matter?
■ Boosts interest costs, putting more pressure on the rest of the budget and making it more difficult to constrain future deficits
■ Restrains economic growth and people’s income in the long term
■ Limits the ability of the government to respond to future challenges
■ Increases the risk of a fiscal crisis
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26C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
Spending for Social Security
Percentage of Gross Domestic Product
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27C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
Federal Spending on the Major Health Care Programs, by CategoryPercentage of Gross Domestic Product
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28C O N G R E S S I O N A L B U D G E T O F F I C E
Ways to Address the Budget Imbalance
Given the aging of the population and rising costs for health care, attaining a sustainable federal budget will require the United States to deviate from the policies of the past 50 years in at least one of the following ways:
■ Letting revenues rise more than they would under current law
■ Reducing spending for large benefit programs below the projected amounts
Reducing spending for other federal activities could reduce, but not eliminate, the changes needed in taxes or large benefit programs.