Author: Sherry Snyder

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1998-12

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9780788174346

Contents: the economic outlook (the state of the economy; past mistakes and future risks); the budget outlook (outlook for the deficit or surplus; debt and deficit); the revenue outlook (risks to the revenue estimates); the spending outlook (discretionary spending). Appendices include: the economy's effect on the budget, budget resolution targets and actual outcomes, 1980-1997; the Federal sector of the national income and product accounts, historical budget data, Medicare projections, Medicaid and the state children's health insurance program, and projections of national health expenditures. Charts and tables.