Here’s Everything the Federal Government Has Done to Respond to the Coronavirus So Far
The pandemic has caused a public health crisis as well as substantial economic disruption. So far, lawmakers have enacted six separate pieces of legislation.
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The pandemic has caused a public health crisis as well as substantial economic disruption. So far, lawmakers have enacted six separate pieces of legislation.
It’s important for lawmakers to consider the many available policy options for improving that outlook.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2018/12/121-ways-we-can-reduce-the-deficit-according-to-cbo
The bill as written would move up the date we return to trillion dollar deficits by two years, to 2020.
Economists generally agree that public investment in infrastructure has a positive effect on productivity, and therefore on gross domestic product.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2018/04/president-trumps-infrastructure-plan-a-closer-look
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
On March 15, 2018 the federal government passed an unfortunate milestone: $21 trillion dollars in gross federal debt.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2018/04/the-national-debt-grew-by-1-trillion-in-just-six-months
PGPF has released a new infographic that illustrates the results from this year's Solutions Initiative III project on stabilizing our long-term fiscal outlook.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/new-pgpf-infographic-solutions-do-exist
The federal deficit is growing during a period of economic expansion — a pattern that is highly unusual.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2018/12/the-risks-of-running-up-deficits-when-the-economy-is-good
Unless addressed soon, the growing national debt will "seriously jeopardize and undermine the American economy," said former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta.
"Congress should be taking into account when designing fiscal policy is the need to achieve sustainability of this debt path over time,” Yellen said.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2017/07/yellen-congress-should-factor-national-debt-into-policy-decisions