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GDP and interest rates

The effect of immigration on GDP and interest rates, and how these factors influence federal revenues and outlays.

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Feb 3, 2026

How have CBO and Brookings projections about immigration-driven GDP and employment changed since 2021?

Since 2021 the revised its demographic baseline sharply upward to reflect an unprecedented post‑2020 , and those revisions have lifted CBO’s projections of and while also changing the presumed pace of...