Advancing Fiscal Solutions

America’s fiscal challenges are serious, but they are solvable.
We support and produce a wide range of unbiased, substantive research and data, helping policymakers, journalists and the public develop a fuller understanding of our fiscal and economic outlook — and illuminating a way forward.
Many Solutions Exist
Solutions Initiative
The Solutions Initiative brings together leading policy organizations from across the political spectrum to develop comprehensive plans to put America on a stronger, more sustainable fiscal path.
Highlights From Our Grantees & Partners

Budget Offsets Bank
Through the first six months of the fiscal year, the cumulative deficit was $242 billion above the corresponding period the year before.

Fixing Social Security
"Unless lawmakers act to strengthen Social Security, there will be a significant automatic cut in benefits in less than a decade. The Brookings Institution released a plan to achieve solvency for the program and garner bipartisan support.
Program Highlights
Further Reading
How Does Inflation Affect the Federal Budget?
Rising inflation usually prompts higher interest rates, which in turn boost interest paid on the federal debt and thereby increase annual deficits.
Debt Ceiling Update: What’s at Stake
If lawmakers do not agree on raising or suspending the debt limit before the extraordinary measures are exhausted, there would be severe consequences.
Budget Basics: Federal Trust Funds
Federal trust funds bear little resemblance to their private-sector counterparts.