,,The Implications Of The Social Security Projections Issued By The Congressional Budget Office

The Implications Of The Social Security Projections Issued By The Congressional Budget Office


 

Publication Date: June 2004

Publisher: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Robert Greenstein; Peter Orszag; Richard Kogan

Research Area: Banking and finance

Keywords: Economic projections; Retirement; Fiscal future

Type: Report

Abstract:

A new Congressional Budget Office analysis released today, which has been several years in the making, projects that the long-term shortfall in Social Security financing is 47 percent smaller than the Social Security Trustees have projected.