May 8, 2024
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Social Security Faces Serious Financial Shortfalls
Here are four key takeaways from the latest Social Security Trustees report.
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The National Debt Clock
The rising national debt threatens economic growth and opportunities for future generations. Learn more — and get involved.
Medicare’s Hospital Insurance Trust Fund Could Be Exhausted in 12 Years
Due to rising healthcare costs and the aging of the population, spending under the Medicare program will outpace its revenues.
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The 2024 Fiscal Election: What’s at Stake?
The lawmakers we choose this November will face critical fiscal and economic decisions in the next two, four, and six years.
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President Biden’s Budget Calls For Raising $4.3 Trillion In Revenues
The administration’s proposal includes higher taxes for corporations and the wealthy, reducing deficits over the next decade.
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Finding Solutions
We believe that by working together, we can create comprehensive, bipartisan solutions to address our fiscal challenges. We work to bring Americans together to find and implement sensible, long-term fiscal solutions for a strong, healthy economy that transcend age, party lines, and ideological divides in order to achieve real results.Read More SHARE
What We’re Doing
We are a nonpartisan organization dedicated to increasing awareness and accelerating action on America’s long-term fiscal challenges. We partner with like-minded organizations and experts to support innovative programs and projects that provide accurate, objective analysis, and promising fiscal solutions.
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What You Can Do
The time to act is now. Education is key — it’s critical that Americans understand what’s at stake and the tradeoffs that are needed to get our country back on a sustainable fiscal path to a growing economy. We also have to make a commitment to support our elected leaders from both parties who want to do the right thing.
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News & Viewpoints on Fiscal & Economic Policy
The Latest from the Peterson Foundation
May 8, 2024
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May 8, 2024
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Fiscal News from around the Nation
SOURCE: The New York Times
Fed Holds Rates Steady, Noting Lack of Progress on Inflation
May 1, 2024
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SOURCE: U.S. News
How the National Debt Affects Your Investments
May 1, 2024
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Apr 30, 2024
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SOURCE: The New York Times
Inflation Is Stubborn. Is the Federal Budget Deficit Making It Worse?
Apr 29, 2024
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Apr 26, 2024
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SOURCE: The New York Times
U.S. Growth Slowed in First Quarter, but Inflation Remained a Bug
Apr 25, 2024
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SOURCE: Roll Call
Aid Finally Set to Flow as Senate Clears $95.3B Emergency Bill
Apr 23, 2024
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SOURCE: The Wall Street Journal
Where Are Growth, Inflation and Interest Rates Headed? We Asked the Economists
Apr 17, 2024
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