With Automatic Benefit Cuts Looming, Nearly All Voters Want Lawmakers to Reform Social Security
Social Security, America’s essential public retirement program, is on a path to depletion in less than 10 years.
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Social Security, America’s essential public retirement program, is on a path to depletion in less than 10 years.
Fitch Ratings recently downgraded the U.S. long-term credit rating from its top mark of AAA to AA+.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2023/08/what-the-fitch-downgrade-says-about-our-fiscal-challenges
As Congress prepares to reconvene next week, lawmakers prepare for conflicts over the approaching fiscal year end.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2016/08/this-month-in-fiscal-news-august-2016
There are separate limits on the amount of funding that can be provided for defense and nondefense purposes through the appropriation process.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2018/03/budget-process-reform-what-are-budget-caps
Responsible fiscal policy can play an important complementary role to monetary policy in helping to moderate inflation.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2023/03/how-can-fiscal-policy-help-reduce-inflation
The U.S. economy was in its longest expansion since World War II. The pandemic, however, has altered that trajectory.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2020/05/how-the-coronavirus-has-affected-our-economic-outlook
One of the largest drivers of that rising debt is federal spending on major healthcare programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid.
Today, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Long-Term Budget Outlook, which offers a look at the nation’s fiscal health through 2052.
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
Healthcare in the United States is very expensive — but we don’t get what we pay for.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2023/07/why-the-american-healthcare-system-underperforms