Measuring the Effects of the Business Cycle on the Federal Budget

Download or read book Measuring the Effects of the Business Cycle on the Federal Budget written by Frank Russek and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report offers an alternative measure of the budget that incorporates adjustments for the effects of the business cycle. It is one of a series of periodic reports that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) submits to the Committees on the Budget reports about fiscal policy and provide baseline projections of the federal budget. This report is based on information presented in A Preliminary Analysis of the President¿s Budget and an Update of a Budget and Economic Outlook, released in March 2009. Tables and figures.