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Nov 20, 2013
Budget Basics: Budget Conference Committee
A large, comprehensive plan that addresses our long-term structural deficits is clearly the best way forward for America’s future economy. However, more modest proposals, which would begin to take meaningful steps towards putting our debt on a sustainable path, would also be worthwhile.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/budget-conference-committee-fiscal-options-are-available
Charts
May 4, 2016
Mobility Across Generations
Many Americans born in the top and bottom income quintiles remain in those income groups as adults.
Charts
Jun 10, 2017
Generational Income Mobility
The United States ranks only 13th in income mobility from one generation to the next.
https://www.pgpf.org/Chart-Archive/0219_generational_income_mobility
Charts
Charts
Aug 3, 2018
Millennial Household Student Debt
Today's young adults are more likely to have student debt than their historical peers.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0223_millennial_student_debt
Charts
Aug 3, 2018
Millennial Student Debt Burden
Today's young adults face higher student debt burdens than their historical peers, even after adjusting for inflation.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0226_millennial_student_debt_burden
Charts
Sep 4, 2018
Family Incomes Reduced by Federal Debt
The growing federal debt would reduce family incomes substantially.
https://www.pgpf.org/Chart-Archive/0203_federal-debt-affects-income
Charts
Sep 7, 2018
Student Debt by Creditor
Most student debt is owed to the federal government.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0222_student_debt_creditors
Charts
Sep 14, 2018
Median Earnings by Gender
Full-time male workers earn more than full-time female workers at all levels of educational attainment.