What’s the Difference between a Government Shutdown and the Debt Limit?
A government shutdown is costly, but failing to raise the debt limit could have more severe and lasting consequences.
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A government shutdown is costly, but failing to raise the debt limit could have more severe and lasting consequences.
Social Security’s finances are facing growing pressure due to the aging of the population.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/2017/07/trustees-warn-social-security-in-financial-trouble
Every month the U.S. Treasury releases data on the federal budget, including the current deficit. Here is the data for January 2019.
https://www.pgpf.org/the-current-federal-budget-deficit/budget-deficit-january-2019
By 2050, the US will be very different than it is today. Adults aged 65 and over will outnumber children under the age of 18, and our population will be much more racially and ethnically diverse, the young much more so than the old. With those changing demographics as a backdrop, the US 2050 project examines the socioeconomic developments and fiscal choices we make today that will determine standards of living decades from now.
Every month the U.S. Treasury releases data on the federal budget, including the current deficit. Here is the data for September 2018, which includes data for all of Fiscal Year 2018.
https://www.pgpf.org/the-current-federal-budget-deficit/budget-deficit-september-2018
By 2050, the US will be very different than it is today. Adults aged 65 and over will outnumber children under the age of 18, and our population will be much more racially and ethnically diverse, the young much more so than the old. With those changing demographics as a backdrop, the US 2050 project examines the socioeconomic developments and fiscal choices we make today that will determine standards of living decades from now.
CBO projects that, on our current path, deficits will reach $1 trillion by 2023 and total $9.4 trillion over the next ten years.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/2017/01/CBO-warns-deficits-will-reach-1-trillion-in-2023
Once we have a plan in place that reduces spending and increases revenues, a strong annual budget process for the government would help us stay on track.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/fixing-the-budget-process
Every month the U.S. Treasury releases data on the federal budget, including the current deficit. Here is the data for November 2018, which was the first month of fiscal year 2019.
https://www.pgpf.org/the-current-federal-budget-deficit/budget-deficit-november-2018
The combined Social Security trust funds are projected to be fully depleted by 2034 — just 18 years from now.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/2016/06/trustees-warn-social-security-in-financial-trouble