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Apr 23, 2018
The Two Reasons Long-Term Economic Growth Will Slow
While the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 will likely boost economic growth in the near term, the effects of the legislation are temporary.
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Jul 18, 2018
Student Debt Continues to Rise
Young college graduates today are entering the workforce with an unprecedented amount of student debt. How does student debt relate to the economic outlook for younger Americans and the finances of the U.S. government?
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2018/07/the-facts-about-student-debt
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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
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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
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Sep 10, 2018
What Effect Does Social Security Have on Poverty?
Recent research has found that Social Security is more effective at reducing poverty than previously believed. Without income from Social Security, two thirds of the elderly would be considered poor.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2018/09/what-effect-does-social-security-have-on-poverty
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Sep 12, 2018
What Are the Economic Costs of Child Poverty?
Child poverty reduced the size of the U.S. economy by an estimated $1 trillion dollars, or 5.4 percent of gross domestic product, in 2015, according to a new study.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2018/09/what-are-the-economic-costs-of-child-poverty
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Oct 19, 2018
IMF Raises Concerns for Fiscal Stability In the United States
The International Monetary Fund warns that U.S. debt levels pose a risk for future economic growth and fiscal stability.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2018/10/imf-raises-concerns-for-fiscal-stability-of-the-united-states
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Nov 13, 2018
The Lame-Duck Congress and the 116th Congress Have Some Key Fiscal Issues on their Agenda
The dust has barely settled on the midterm elections, but there are a number of key fiscal issues not only facing the current Congress in coming weeks, but also awaiting the new Congress, which will convene in early 2019.
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Nov 29, 2018
What Is the National Debt Costing Us?
Programs that millions of Americans depend on and care about may be feeling a squeeze from interest costs on our high and rising national debt.
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Dec 17, 2018
9 Charts That Show How Our Fiscal Outlook Has Gone from Bad to Worse
Significant damage was done to America’s fiscal outlook over the past year.