Explainers
Jul 20, 2017
Understanding Complex Budget Terms and Processes: What is the Budget Window?
While a 10-year window is currently the standard, the number of years covered by budget resolutions has varied.
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Explainers
Jul 20, 2017
Understanding Complex Budget Terms and Processes: What Is the CBO?
CBO plays a vitally important role in the federal budget process.
Analysis
Jun 29, 2017
CBO: Unsustainable Deficits Threaten Future Economic Growth
On our current path, CBO projects that deficits will reach $1.0 trillion by 2022 and total $10.1 trillion over the next ten years.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/2017/06/cbo-unsustainable-deficits-threaten-future-economic-growth
Press Releases & Statements
May 23, 2017
Peterson Foundation Statement on President's Budget
“America’s high and rising national debt threatens our economy, and must be included in the policy conversation this year," said Michael A. Peterson, President and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2017/05/statement-on-presidents-budget
Press Releases & Statements
Aug 23, 2018
Peterson Foundation Launches Election Toolkit
As Election Day approaches, the Peter G. Peterson Foundation is delivering a nonpartisan Election Fiscal Toolkit to all U.S. House and Senate candidates, encouraging a critically important conversation about how to solve America’s fiscal challenges.
Press Releases & Statements
Mar 1, 2013
Statement from Foundation Chairman Pete Peterson on Sequestration
Peter G. Peterson releases a statement on sequestration.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/statement-from-foundation-chairman-pete-peterson-on-sequestration
Explainers
Feb 28, 2013
What You Should Know About the Sequester
Sequestration is a process that cuts federal spending through across-the-board reductions.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/what-you-should-know-about-the-sequester
Explainers
Nov 20, 2013
Budget Basics: Budget Conference Committee
A large, comprehensive plan that addresses our long-term structural deficits is clearly the best way forward for America’s future economy. However, more modest proposals, which would begin to take meaningful steps towards putting our debt on a sustainable path, would also be worthwhile.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/budget-conference-committee-fiscal-options-are-available
Analysis
Feb 4, 2015
Analysis: The President's FY 2016 Budget
Under the president’s budget, federal debt will remain historically high, roughly double its average over the past 50 years.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/presidents-budget-not-enough-to-solve-our-long-term-fiscal-challenges
Press Releases & Statements
Feb 14, 2012
The President’s Budget Proposals Will Lead the Federal Debt to Approach 200 Percent of GDP Over the Next 70 Years
If all of the proposals in the budget were adopted, government debt would still soar to unsustainable levels in the long run, even under the optimistic assumptions used in the administration’s long-run projections.