The Peter G. Peterson Foundation is committed to finding solutions to our nation’s long-term fiscal challenges, thereby helping to secure a strong economic future for all Americans. This archive features links to reports and analyses that address many of today’s pressing fiscal issues.

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Understanding the Federal Budget
Working Toward Solutions
A Closer Look at Individual Areas of the Budget
Related Issues
PGPF Fiscal Issue Primers

Understanding the Federal Budget

4/18/13 Analysis of the President’s Fiscal Year 2014 Budget
3/19/13 A Look at the Competing House and Senate Budget Proposals
2/28/13 What You Should Know About the Sequester
2/8/13 CBO Report Finds Historically High Debt Persists Throughout the Decade
1/29/13 Long-Term Analysis of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
10/11/12 Who Pays Taxes?
9/28/12 Happy Fiscal New Year?
9/28/12 What Is The Fiscal Cliff?
9/19/12 The Office of Management and Budget's Sequestration Report: An Analysis
9/14/12 Why Reform Our Corporate Tax Code?
8/24/12 Analysis of Congressional Budget Office's August 2012 Update of the Budget and Economic Outlook
6/5/12 Analysis of CBO’s 2012 Long-Term Budget Outlook
5/15/12 Briefing Book: Fiscal Events, Facts, and Charts
4/16/12 How Much Do People Pay in Federal Taxes?
3/29/12  Comparison of Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Proposals 
3/21/12  Analysis of Chairman Ryan's Fiscal Year 2013 Budget
3/19/12 Summary of CBO's Preliminary Analysis of the President's Fiscal Year 2013 Budget
2/16/12 Analysis of the President’s Fiscal Year 2013 Budget 
2/1/12 Analysis of CBO’s Budget Outlook: Fiscal Years 2012-2022
8/26/11 Analysis of CBO’s August 2011 Update to the Budget and Economic Outlook
6/27/11 The Congressional Budget Office’s 2011 Long-Term Budget Outlook
3/23/11 Summary of the Congressional Budget Office’s Preliminary Analysis of President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2012 Budget
2/15/11 Analysis of the President’s Fiscal Year 2012 Budget
2/1/11 Analysis of CBO's Budget and Economic Outlook for Fiscal Year 2012
11/18/10 Government Accountability Office: The Federal Government’s Long-Term Fiscal Outlook Fall 2010 Update
7/5/10 The Congressional Budget Office's 2010 Long-Term Budget Outlook
3/24/10 CBO: An Analysis of the President’s Budgetary Proposals for Fiscal Year 2011
3/3/10 GAO: The Federal Government’s Long-Term Fiscal Outlook: Fiscal Year 2011

Working Toward Solutions

9/14/12 Why Reform Our Corporate Tax Code?
6/21/12 Balanced Budget Amendment: Pros and Cons
12/5/11 What's Next on the Fiscal Agenda?
 11/17/11 Long-term Implications of the Budget Control Act of 2011
8/23/11  Analysis of the Budget Control Act of 2011 
5/25/11 The 2011 Fiscal Summit: The Solutions Initiative (Fiscal plans by AEI, BPC, CAP, EPI, Heritage, and the Roosevelt Institute)
4/15/11 Summary of President Obama’s Long-Term Deficit and Debt Reduction Framework
4/6/11 Summary of House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s Budget Proposal
11/9/10 PGPF Looks at Options for Fiscal Reform
12/14/10 Analysis of GAO Report on the Effects Raising the Retirement Age Would Have on Older Workers
12/3/10 A Comparison of Fiscal Solutions Plans (Fiscal Commission, BPC, Galston-MacGuineas, EPI/Demos/The Century Foundation, and Cato)
11/5/10 Analysis of the plan put out by the Co-Chairs of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
11/10/10 Analysis of the Peterson-Pew Commission's Report, "Getting Back in the Black"
9/1/09 Brookings: Bending the Curve: Effective Steps to Reduce Health Care Costs

A Closer Look at Individual Areas of the Budget

10/23/12 Should Defense Spending Cuts Be Part of Any Deficit Reduction Package?
10/4/12 Who Pays For Medicare?
9/25/12 Who Benefits From Medicaid?
9/11/12 The Debate Over Tax Expenditures
7/30/12 Budget Explainer: Medicare
7/24/12 Budget Explainer: Medicaid
6/6/11 Analysis of the Social Security Trustees Report 2011
12/15/10 Understanding the December 2010 Tax Agreement
11/9/10 PGPF Looks at Some Solutions: National Defense
11/9/10 PGPF Looks at Some Solutions: Taxes
11/9/10 PGPF Looks at Some Solutions: Health Care
11/9/10 PGPF Looks at Some Solutions: Social Security
11/9/10 PGPF Looks at Some Solutions: The Other 20% of Federal Spending
11/9/10 PGPF Looks at Some Solutions: Budget Process
11/2/10 A Report on Fiscal Stimulus
7/12/10 Why Defense Matters For Deficit Reduction
6/1/10 Health Affairs: Saving Billions of Dollars—and Physicians’ Time—by Streamlining Billing Practices
5/6/10 CBPP: Tax Rate for Richest 400 Taxpayers Plummeted in Recent Decades
4/14/10 CBPP: Federal Income Taxes on Middle Income Families at Historically Low Levels
4/1/10 Commonwealth Fund: The Group Employed Model as a Foundation for Health Care
4/1/10 CAP: Government Spending Undercover – Spending Programs Administered by the IRS
12/31/09 AEI: Taxes Around the World: A Brief History of World Tax Policy, 1981-2007
12/31/09 Commonwealth Fund: Why Health Reform Will Bend the Cost Curve


4/18/11 State and Local Governments Face Continued Fiscal Pressure
10/25/10 Analysis of the Census Bureau Report on Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage
9/23/10 Retirement Reform in France 2010
8/11/10 Budgetary Impact of the Fed's Actions during the Financial Crisis
5/10/10 Analysis of IMF’s Fiscal Monitor Series Report: Navigating the Fiscal Challenges Ahead
5/1/10 Urban Institute: Improving U.S. Housing Finance through Reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
4/1/10 CRFB: A Preventable Crisis: Exploring Fiscal Crisis Scenarios for the United States
12/10/09 Finances of American Households in the Past Three Recessions
12/1/09 Project on Student Debt: Student Debt and the Class of 2008
4/1/09 AARP: Household and Retirement Savings Survey: Summary
12/4/08 Treasury: Tips to Managing Your Money in Challenging Times

PGPF Fiscal Issue Primers

Budget Process
Budget Overview
Health Care
Spending
Taxes
Personal Responsibility
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