The Macroeconomic Gains from Stabilizing and Reducing Federal Debt
By making gradual changes to federal spending and revenue, lawmakers can not only stabilize our fiscal outlook, but also provide long-run economic benefits.
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By making gradual changes to federal spending and revenue, lawmakers can not only stabilize our fiscal outlook, but also provide long-run economic benefits.
The President released his annual budget today, outlining the Administration's policy proposals, budgetary projections, and economic forecasts for 2015 through 2024.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/analysis-of-the-presidents-fiscal-year-2015-budget
Although the President's budget would make progress by reducing deficits and stabilizing the debt over the next ten years, federal debt would remain high by historical standards.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/summary-of-cbos-analysis-of-the-presidents-budget-for-fiscal-year-2014
CBO estimates that the number of uninsured under age 65 rose by 1 million people and anticipates the total to rise by another million people this year.
The paper puts real numbers behind different scenarios for a structure for tax reform: eliminating income tax expenditures to enable lower tax rates.
The combined Old Age and Survivors’ Insurance and Disability Insurance Trust Funds, commonly referred to as the “Social Security Trust Funds,” will be fully depleted by 2033.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/social-security-faces-major-financial-challenges
The report projects that in 2018 — for the first time since 1982 — the program’s total costs will exceed its total income.
The chairman's budget proposes a distinct change in the future role of government.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/analysis-of-chairman-ryan%E2%80%99s-2013-budget-proposal
Social Security’s finances are facing growing pressure due to the aging of the population.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/2017/07/trustees-warn-social-security-in-financial-trouble
The poverty rate in 2009 was 14.3 percent, up from 13.2 percent in 2008. This is the highest rate since 1994.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/census-bureau-report-on-poverty-and-health-insurance-coverage