Tag: CBO’s Social Security Deficit Exceeds Trustees

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But differing mortality assumptions don’t alter the basic picture For the past decade, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has projected lower 75-year deficits than the Social Security Trustees.  That relationship has now reversed, with CBO projecting a larger 75-shortfall (see Table 1).  One reason for the reversal is that CBO has switched from relying on…