What Are Interest Costs on the National Debt?
Interest costs are on track to become the largest category of spending in the federal budget.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/what-are-interest-costs-on-the-national-debt
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Interest costs are on track to become the largest category of spending in the federal budget.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/what-are-interest-costs-on-the-national-debt
In the waning days of 2012 and early hours of 2013, U.S. policymakers struggled with how to address the "fiscal cliff" — a set of scheduled tax increases and spending cuts that, if allowed to take effect, could have pushed the economy into another recession.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/past-the-cliff-but-not-out-of-the-woods
Here are the top ten spending categories for the federal budget.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/top-10-largest-budget-functions
As Raimondo examined Rhode Island’s retirement system during her first months in office, it became clear that pension plans for state employees and teachers were unsustainable.
https://www.pgpf.org/pgpf-programs-and-projects/gina-raimondo-rhode-island-general-treasurer
A strong fiscal outlook is an essential foundation for a growing, thriving economy – but our current debt-to-GDP ratio is the highest it has been since 1950.
https://www.pgpf.org/infographic/infographic-the-fiscal-state-of-play
Improving our healthcare system to deliver better quality care at lower cost is critically important to our nation’s long-term economic and fiscal well-being.
https://www.pgpf.org/infographic/infographic-us-healthcare-spending
Experts from five leading think tanks developed specific, "scoreable" policy proposals to set the federal budget on a sustainable, long-term path for prosperity and economic growth.
https://www.pgpf.org/pgpf-programs-and-projects/solutions-initiative-iii
The Concord Coalition and The Peter G. Peterson Foundation today launched a national “Fiscal Solutions Tour” to foster informed public dialogue about possible answers to the nation’s daunting fiscal and economic challenges over the next decade and beyond.
The Peterson Foundation is partnering with POLITICO to host bipartisan interviews with prominent politicians in the wake of the new Administration.
Under current law, federal debt is now projected to reach 150 percent of GDP within 30 years — by far an all-time high.