What Are Interest Costs on the National Debt?
Interest costs are on track to become the largest category of spending in the federal budget.
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Interest costs are on track to become the largest category of spending in the federal budget.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/what-are-interest-costs-on-the-national-debt
“The national debt is already $34 trillion, but as it grows over the next three decades, we’ll spend more than double that on interest alone,” said Michael A. Peterson.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2024/03/fci-press-release
“As Washington navigates short-term budget battles, our long-term fiscal outlook keeps getting more and more dangerous," said Michael A. Peterson.
Sequestration is a budget procedure used by lawmakers to cancel or limit funding in order to meet budget goals.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/budget-basics-what-is-sequestration
Every month the U.S. Treasury releases data on the federal budget, including the current deficit. Here is the latest data for Fiscal Year 2024, charted out monthly and on a year-over-year basis.
While this budget would be a step in the right direction, it does not adequately address the underlying structural imbalance that defines our fiscal outlook.
“We need our leaders to rise to the urgency of the moment, but legislative gridlock continues to prevent progress on even the basics of budgeting," said Michael A. Peterson.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2024/03/peterson-foundation-statement-on-presidents-budget
The Treasury projects that debt as a percentage of GDP will grow to more than five times the size of the U.S. economy in the next 75 years.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2024/03/delaying-fiscal-reform-is-costly-annual-treasury-report-warns
Improving our healthcare system to deliver better quality care at lower cost is critically important to our nation’s long-term economic and fiscal well-being.
https://www.pgpf.org/infographic/infographic-us-healthcare-spending
“Earlier this month, the Congressional Budget Office released new data showing that interest costs in 2024 will total a staggering $870 billion, a jump of 32 percent and more than $2 billion per day,” said Michael A. Peterson.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2024/02/fci-press-release