Peterson Foundation Statement on CBO Long-Term Budget Outlook
“As Washington navigates short-term budget battles, our long-term fiscal outlook keeps getting more and more dangerous," said Michael A. Peterson.
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“As Washington navigates short-term budget battles, our long-term fiscal outlook keeps getting more and more dangerous," said Michael A. Peterson.
The first important determinant of a country’s fiscal health is its financing costs.
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.
The federal government has enacted legislation to provide relief from the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Treasury has ramped up borrowing to pay for it.
“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
Real GDP could have contracted by an annualized 46.2 percent in the second quarter if there had not been any fiscal response.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2023/04/how-did-the-fiscal-response-to-the-coronavirus-help-the-economy
The United States has generally focused more on supplementing incomes while other countries have adopted wage-subsidy programs.
“The coronavirus outbreak is an unprecedented national emergency, and we need to respond aggressively to address both the public health crisis and the economic risk,” said Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
“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