Happy Fiscal New Year 2017! Looking Back and Ahead
While the last minute passage of a continuing resolution avoided a government shutdown, the relief may be only temporary.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/2016/10/happy-fiscal-new-year-2017
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While the last minute passage of a continuing resolution avoided a government shutdown, the relief may be only temporary.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/2016/10/happy-fiscal-new-year-2017
On our current path, CBO projects that deficits will reach $1.0 trillion by 2022 and total $10.1 trillion over the next ten years.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/2017/06/cbo-unsustainable-deficits-threaten-future-economic-growth
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
“Addressing our nation’s unprecedented and unsustainable debt is critical to securing a strong, growing economy of the future,” said Pete Peterson, Founder and Chairman of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2017/05/2017-fiscal-summit-press-release
CBO finds that the budget would not reach balance in 2027 as the administration projects.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/2017/07/cbo-debt-remains-high-under-presidents-budget
According to the report, reaching primary balance would require a reduction of $255 billion in the projected deficit in 2015.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/cap-shows-what-it-might-take-to-balance-the-budget
All three budget plans achieve deficit reduction within the 10-year window relative to current law, though they make different choices on revenues and spending levels for particular programs and achieve different results.
Americans must task their newly elected officials with tackling the nation's debt — and hold them accountable for results.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/for-a-stronger-economy-deal-with-the-debt
The long-term budget outlook has deteriorated significantly since last year, when CBO projected debt would reach 111% of GDP in 30 years under current law.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/2016/07/cbo-long-term-budget-outlook-worse-than-last-year
Sequestration is a process that cuts federal spending through across-the-board reductions.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/what-you-should-know-about-the-sequester