Deficits Grow in Recessions
Recessions and countercyclical policies generally increase deficits, but deficits tend to diminish during and after recoveries.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0307_deficits_and_recessions
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Recessions and countercyclical policies generally increase deficits, but deficits tend to diminish during and after recoveries.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0307_deficits_and_recessions
Fiscal policy that boosts productivity is the best offense against future inflation.
Medicare and Medicaid account for the majority of federal healthcare spending
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0169_federal_health_spending_composition
The more important question for fiscal policy is what happens when monetary policy normalizes.
Strengthened automatic fiscal stabilizers would enable fiscal stimulus to arrive in a more predictable and efficient manner.
Debt will continue to accumulate unless reforms are undertaken.
The United States is on pace to lead the world in debt increase as a percentage of GDP.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0310_us_lead_world_debt_increase
Foreign investors own one-third of all U.S. public debt.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0311_us_domestic_foreign_debt
The combined Old Age and Survivors’ Insurance and Disability Insurance Trust Funds, commonly referred to as the “Social Security Trust Funds,” will be fully depleted by 2033.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/social-security-faces-major-financial-challenges