Long-Term Fiscal Balance and the Social Security Trust Fund
The projected shortfall of future Social Security revenues is the result of political action, not the absence of policy options for addressing this issue.
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The projected shortfall of future Social Security revenues is the result of political action, not the absence of policy options for addressing this issue.
The first important determinant of a country’s fiscal health is its financing costs.
Medicare is a large share of the budget, and it is projected to grow.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/urgent-action-needed-to-shore-up-medicare-program
The updated 2010 projection is a slight improvement over CBO ‘s March estimate primarily as a result of higher than expected corporate revenues and receipts from the Federal Reserve.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/cbo%E2%80%99s-august-2010-budget-outlook
The lack of a long-term solution for federal funding for transportation creates uncertainty, which is disruptive for the planning of construction projects.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/more-stop-and-go-financing-of-highway-trust-fund
Strengthened automatic fiscal stabilizers would enable fiscal stimulus to arrive in a more predictable and efficient manner.
Every month the U.S. Treasury releases data on the federal budget, including the current deficit. Here is the data for August 2022.
https://www.pgpf.org/the-current-federal-budget-deficit/budget-deficit-august-2022
This outlook is particularly worrisome because the baby boom generation is beginning to retire and will place growing demands on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid in the 2020s.
Every month the U.S. Treasury releases data on the federal budget, including the current deficit. Here is the data for September 2022.
https://www.pgpf.org/the-current-federal-budget-deficit/budget-deficit-september-2022
The latest report by the CBO on the outlook for the U.S. budget and economy highlights the costs of the ongoing weakness in our economy and uncertain direction of our nation’s fiscal policies.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/summary-of-cbo-update-on-budget-and-economic-outlook