CBO Warns Fiscal Path is Unsustainable & Threatens Economic Growth
The outlook for the federal budget has worsened considerably since last year, according to a new report.
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The outlook for the federal budget has worsened considerably since last year, according to a new report.
All three budget plans achieve deficit reduction within the 10-year window relative to current law, though they make different choices on revenues and spending levels for particular programs and achieve different results.
The latest report by the CBO on the outlook for the U.S. budget and economy highlights the costs of the ongoing weakness in our economy and uncertain direction of our nation’s fiscal policies.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/summary-of-cbo-update-on-budget-and-economic-outlook
After months of negotiations, with default looming, Congress passed and the President signed the Budget Control Act of 2011, which raises the debt ceiling and puts a process in place for reducing the deficit.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/peter-g-peterson-foundation-analysis-of-the-budget-control-act-of-2011
The President released his annual budget today, outlining the Administration's policy proposals, budgetary projections, and economic forecasts for 2015 through 2024.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/analysis-of-the-presidents-fiscal-year-2015-budget
Michael Peterson writes an op-ed in Roll Call about the fiscal issues that plague the U.S. in the new year.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/op-ed-new-fiscal-year-same-fiscal-problems
Under the GAO’s most realistic fiscal scenario, debt held by the public will exceed 109 percent of GDP by 2020.
The defense share of the federal budget has averaged 21 percent over the past two decades.
The end of the supercommittee doesn’t mean the end of the fiscal policy debate in Washington.
Although the President's budget would make progress by reducing deficits and stabilizing the debt over the next ten years, federal debt would remain high by historical standards.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/summary-of-cbos-analysis-of-the-presidents-budget-for-fiscal-year-2014