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Establishing a framework for long-term fiscal sustainability will narrow the gap between federal revenues and spending, and, by doing so, improve prospects for economic growth.
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Establishing a framework for long-term fiscal sustainability will narrow the gap between federal revenues and spending, and, by doing so, improve prospects for economic growth.
The nation's long-term fiscal outlook is unsustainable. Publicly held debt currently equals 70 percent of gross domestic product, the most common measure of an economy's size.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/state-of-the-unions-finances/introduction
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For more information about America’s fiscal challenge and potential solutions, visit the Peter G. Peterson Foundation at www.pgpf.org. The following websites also provide a wealth of information on the U.S. budget and various policy areas.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/state-of-the-unions-finances/learn-more
The President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2013 projects that the budget deficit will gradually decline under the President's policies from $1,327 billion in 2012 to $704 billion in 2022.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/analysis-of-the-president%E2%80%99s-fiscal-year-2013-budget
Michael A. Peterson writes an op-ed for POLITICO about the 10-year outlook on deficits.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/op-ed-on-budget-10-is-not-enough
The Congressional Budget Office's latest Budget and Economic Outlook provides sobering new evidence that our nation's fiscal policies are on an unsustainable and uncertain path.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/analysis-of-cbo%E2%80%99s-budget-outlook-fiscal-years-2012-2022
Over the next several weeks, as the President and Congress confront the "fiscal cliff," they will have a big opportunity to make the right choice.
The end of the supercommittee doesn’t mean the end of the fiscal policy debate in Washington.
Peter G. Peterson releases a statement on reports of supercommittee failure to reach an agreement.
Peter G. Peterson Foundation writes an op-ed about debt solutions for POLITICO.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2011/11/op-ed-real-debt-solution-must-go-long