Congressional Budget Office

CBO projects higher deficits beginning in 2020 after bipartisan spending deal

(ABC News)- As the Trump administration dismisses concern from some economists that the U.S. economy is heading for a recession, the Congressional Budget Office estimates the federal deficit will grow to $960 billion this year before climbing above $1 trillion in 2020 — two years earlier than a projection earlier this year. The non-partisan agency periodically publishes reports that present projections of what federal deficits, debt, revenues…