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CBO Director Phill Swagel: Seeing a lot of signs that the economy is weakening
Youtube·2025-09-15 20:22

The Congressional Budget Office is projecting higher inflation and unemployment this year with slowing economic growth ahead. Joining us right now to discuss it is CBO Director Phil Swaggel. And Phil, thanks for coming in today.>> Yeah, Becky, thanks so much. Thanks for having me. >> So, the new numbers, the new estimates take into account several things.One is uh population growth because of immigration. You're anticipating that it's going to be significantly lower. The other is the big one big beautiful b ...