CBO’s Updated Projections Show Deficits Continuing to Climb, Despite Growing Economy
Under current law, the U.S. budget deficit will exceed $1 trillion each year beginning in 2022 and total $11.4 trillion over the upcoming decade.
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Under current law, the U.S. budget deficit will exceed $1 trillion each year beginning in 2022 and total $11.4 trillion over the upcoming decade.
The Social Security Trustees's 2011 financial report warns that Social Security is in a weakened financial position in the short run and in an unsustainable condition in the long run.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/financial-condition-of-social-security
"A fiscal commission will not obviate lawmakers’ responsibility to make hard choices, but it will make those choices easier to understand and explain to voters," writes Mark Zandi
https://www.pgpf.org/expert-views/fiscal-commission/a-way-to-brighten-americas-dark-fiscal-outlook
“In the short term, nothing is more important to our economy and our health than defeating this virus, but Americans understand that we will need to return our attention to the nation’s fiscal health once the crisis has passed,” said Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peterson Foundation.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2020/08/fci-press-release
Despite a growing economy and low unemployment, federal budget deficits are projected to grow over the next 10 years.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2019/01/five-charts-that-summarize-cbos-budget-and-economic-outlook
Policymakers should build on this foundation of bipartisanship to begin the significant further reforms that are necessary to put our nation on a sustainable fiscal path.
The nonpartisan CBO projects that the federal debt would reach 183% of GDP within 25 years.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/congressional-budget-offices-2014-long-term-budget-outlook
CBO projects that federal debt will climb to 141 percent of GDP within 30 years — exceeding the highest level of debt ever recorded at the end of World War II by a large margin.
CBO’s report is the latest warning sign about the dire fiscal outlook.
Under current spending and tax policies, federal debt would be on a path that climbs to about 200 percent of gross domestic product within 25 years, according to CBO.