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Jul 12, 2013

Why Long-Term Debt Matters: An Explainer

Under current policies, publicly held debt is projected to increase from 73 percent of gross domestic product in 2012 to 83 percent in 2023.


https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/why-long-term-debt-matters

Analysis



Jun 14, 2013

2013 Medicare Trustees Report in Charts

The Trustees warn that Congress and the Administration should work "with a sense of urgency" to put the program on a sustainable path.


https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/the-medicare-trustees-report-in-charts

Analysis

May 23, 2013

Summary: CBO's Analysis of President's FY 2014 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

Analysis

Apr 19, 2013

Analysis: President's FY 2014 Budget

Federal debt would rise to 78 percent of GDP in 2014 — higher than it has been at any point in our history since 1950.


https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/analysis-of-the-president%E2%80%99s-fiscal-year-2014-budget

Explainers



Mar 26, 2013

State of the Union's Finances (2011)

Through easy-to-understand language and charts, the State of the Union’s Finances explains the enormous fiscal challenges we face, based on the official financial statements of the U.S. government.


https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/state-of-the-unions-finances

Analysis

Mar 20, 2013

FY 2014 House & Senate Budget Proposals

The Peter G. Peterson Foundation focuses on budget trends over the coming decade under the competing House Republican and Senate Democrat proposals from March 2013.


https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/a-look-at-the-competing-house-and-senate-budget-proposals

Explainers

Feb 28, 2013

What You Should Know About the Sequester

Sequestration is a process that cuts federal spending through across-the-board reductions.


https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/what-you-should-know-about-the-sequester

Analysis

Feb 9, 2013

Analysis: CBO February 2013 Report

The Peter G. Peterson Foundation analysis of Congressional Budget Office's February 2013 "Budget and Economic Outlook" report: CBO Report Finds Historically High Debt Persists Throughout the Decade.


https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/cbo-report-finds-historically-high-debt-persists-throughout-the-decade

Analysis



Jan 30, 2013

ATRA 2012 Long-Term Analysis

In the waning days of 2012 and early hours of 2013, U.S. policymakers struggled with how to address the "fiscal cliff" — a set of scheduled tax increases and spending cuts that, if allowed to take effect, could have pushed the economy into another recession.


https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/past-the-cliff-but-not-out-of-the-woods