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Extended Discussion of CBO's July 1999 Economic Outlook 1 (July 1, 1999)

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, Extended Discussion of CBO's July 1999 Economic Outlook


EXTENDED DISCUSSION OF CBO'S JULY

              1999 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK


                                     July 1, 1999


                                     Preface


This report provides an extended discussion of the state of the economy and tile latest economic
forecast and projections of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). A shorter version of the report
appears in CBO's The Economic andBudget Outlook: An Update (July 1, 1999). In accordance with
CBO's mandate to provide objective and impartial analysis, this report contains no recommendations.

The analysis was prepared by CBO's Macroeconomic Analysis Division under the direction of Robert
Dennis, Kim J. Kowalewski, and John F. Peterson. David Brauer was the lead author for the report.
Michael Simpson and Robert Arnold carried out the economic forecast and projections. Douglas
Hamilton, Juann Hung, Mark Lasky, Randy Mariger, Angelo Mascaro, Benjamin Page, Frank Russek,
Matthew Salomon, John Sturrock, and Christopher Williams contributed to the analysis. David
Arnold, Ezra Finkin, and Michael Simpson provided research assistance.

An early version of the economic forecast underlying this report was discussed at a meeting of CBO's
Panel of Economic Advisers on June 2, 1999. Members of the panel are Alan J. Auerbach, Martin N.
Baily, Jagdish Bhagwati, Michael Boskin, Barry P. Bosworth, John Cogan, Robert Dederick, William
C. Dudley, Martin Feldstein, Robert J. Gordon, David Hale, Robert E. Hall, N. Gregory Mankiw,
Allan Meltzer, William Niskanen, William D. Nordhaus, June E. O'Neill, Rudolph Penner, James
Poterba, Robert Reischauer, Joel Slemrod, Tohn Taylor, and Martin B. Zimmerman. Rudy Boschwitz,
John Makin, Mark McClellan, William McGuire, and Joan Trauner attended as guests. Although those


                   NOTES
Unless otherwise indicated, all years referred to in this
report are calendar years.
The figures in this report use shaded vertical bars to indicate
periods of recession. Those bars extend from the peak to the
trough of the recession.

Unemployment rates throughout the report are calculated on
the basis of the civilian labor force.

Numbers in tie text and tables may not add up to totals
because of rounding.


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