Charts
Jul 9, 2021
Discretionary Spending as Share of GDP, 1970–2051
Discretionary spending is projected to stay below its historical share of GDP.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0177_discretionary_low_levels
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Programs & Projects
Mar 15, 2019
Preparing the Future Workforce: Early Care and Education Participation Among Children of Immigrants
This project seeks to understand how mobility has evolved over the course of the 20th Century to predict how it may evolve over the next 30 years. It examines neighborhood factors that affect mobility and investigates whether the historical characteristics of childhood neighborhoods affect adult outcomes. The paper includes results for children by race, gender and levels of parental income.
Programs & Projects
Jun 16, 2021
Federal Deficit and Debt: May 2022
Every month the U.S. Treasury releases data on the federal budget, including the current deficit. Here is the data for May 2022.
https://www.pgpf.org/the-current-federal-budget-deficit/budget-deficit-may-2022
Programs & Projects
Feb 17, 2021
Federal Deficit and Debt: March 2022
Every month the U.S. Treasury releases data on the federal budget, including the current deficit. Here is the data for March 2022.
https://www.pgpf.org/the-current-federal-budget-deficit/budget-deficit-march-2022
Blog Posts
Apr 23, 2018
President Trump’s Infrastructure Plan: A Closer Look
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
Charts
Jun 16, 2021
Federal Deficits and Surpluses, 1800 to Present
Prior to the Great Depression deficits were unusual in the U.S. Budget. Surpluses occurred in about two-thirds of the years between 1800 to 1929.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0023_federal-deficit-surplus
Charts
Jun 16, 2021
Foreign Holders of Public Debt
U.S. dependency on foreign lenders to finance the public debt has risen sharply.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0057_foreign-holders-debt
Charts
Jun 16, 2021
Deficits Grow in Recessions
Recessions and countercyclical policies generally increase deficits, but deficits tend to diminish during and after recoveries.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0307_deficits_and_recessions
Charts
Jun 11, 2021
Federal Health Spending by Category
Medicare and Medicaid account for the majority of federal healthcare spending
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0169_federal_health_spending_composition
Press Releases & Statements
Nov 23, 2021
US Fiscal Confidence Falls to 7-Year Low amid Rising Concerns about Inflation and as Lawmakers Advance Major Legislation
“This seven-year low in our fiscal confidence index is a clear sign that voters are concerned about our nation’s fiscal sustainability, and Congress should keep this in mind as they shape major budget legislation,” said Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peterson Foundation.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2021/11/fci-press-release