Standardizing Budget Forecasts: Eliminating Inflation Adjustments from Baseline.
This law changes how the government calculates its future financial starting point (the budget baseline). Projections must now strictly rely on current laws and current spending levels, explicitly excluding future inflation adjustments or other automatic increases. This aims to make budget debates more transparent and based on conservative, factual data rather than speculative future costs.
Key points
Government budget forecasts (the baseline) can no longer include adjustments for future inflation or other automatic factors.
Forecasts must assume the continuation of current spending levels, excluding emergency and supplemental funds.
The change promotes greater transparency in deficit discussions by basing projections on enacted laws and current appropriations.
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