WASHINGTON DC (January 28, 2020) — The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its January 2020 Budget and Economic Outlook, projecting the return of trillion-dollar deficits as well as high and rising debt and deficits over the next decade and beyond. CBO’s report shows:

WASHINGTON DC (January 24, 2020) — Health-care is the single largest part of the federal budget and a key driver of our unsustainably rising national debt.1 Rising health care costs also place growing burdens on households and businesses and — along with a significant uninsured rate — have prompted those seeking higher office to propose bold solutions with significant fiscal implications.

WASHINGTON DC (January 10, 2020) — Last summer, we estimated that since his inauguration in January of 2017, President Trump had signed legislation into law that will ultimately add $4.1 trillion to the national debt from 2017 to 2029.

2019 was a busy year for budget policy, which gave us ample opportunities to conduct substantive policy analysis using charts and tables. This year, we published over 220 papers, blog posts, and other products. As we get ready to pop the champagne and ring in the new year (and decade), here are our top charts of 2019.