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Press Releases & Statements
Oct 30, 2018
New Election Poll: National Debt Motivating Majority of Voters in Advance of Next Week’s Midterms
Candidates from Both Parties Can Add Late Support by Showing Willingness to Reduce the National Debt in a Bipartisan Fashion
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2018/10/fci-press-release
Press Releases & Statements
Aug 29, 2017
Fiscal Confidence Index Results for August 2017; FCI Value: 56
As the nation approaches key deadlines relating to the debt ceiling and funding the government as well as debates on tax reform, American voters are calling for the national debt to be a top priority.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2017/08/fci-press-release
Press Releases & Statements
Nov 1, 2019
Peterson Foundation Statement on the National Debt Surpassing $23 Trillion
“Reaching $23 trillion in debt on Halloween is a scary milestone for our economy and the next generation, but Washington shows no fear," said Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
Press Releases & Statements
Mar 28, 2017
Fiscal Confidence Index Results for March 2017; FCI Value: 57
Voters clearly want action in Washington as 77% say that the President and Congress should be spending more time addressing the debt.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2017/03/americans-remain-deeply-concerned-about-national-debt
Blog Posts
Mar 19, 2014
New report from Stimson Center: Strategic Agility Assessment
The report finds that the President's proposal fully incorporates 12 of the DAC's 27 recommendations and partially incorporates another nine.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/new-report-stimson-center-strategic-agility-assessment
Blog Posts
Nov 29, 2016
What Are Tax Expenditures?
Tax expenditures cost the government about $1.5 trillion each year, more than the budget of any agency or major spending program.
Programs & Projects
Mar 15, 2019
Immigration and Tomorrow’s Elderly
This project examines the role immigrants play in health and caregiving and builds on research that suggests that elderly individuals living in immigrant-dense areas are more likely to both “age in place” and enjoy lower mortality. It explores how immigration policy will affect the caregiving labor force in 2050 and how those labor force effects could affect the health of the elderly population.
https://www.pgpf.org/us-2050/research-projects/Immigration-and-Tomorrows-Elderly
Programs & Projects
Mar 15, 2019
Spatial Patterns of Work, Poverty, & Safety Net Provision in the U.S.
This project explores two questions: how labor force participation has varied across different geographic contexts in recent decades; and how well-matched the safety net is to need across the urban, suburban and rural landscape. The analyses investigate labor force participation by gender, education and geography; changes in work and poverty by place over time; and gaps and mismatches in safety net provision.
Programs & Projects
Mar 15, 2019
Immigrants and the U.S. Wage Distribution
This project documents how foreign-born workers affect the wages of low, middle- and high-income workers. It documents the evolution of immigrants in the US wage distribution since 1980, identifies the way that immigrants reshape the wage distribution, and considers the implications of immigration on the future wage distribution in the US.
https://www.pgpf.org/us-2050/research-projects/Immigrants-and-the-US-Wage-Distribution