
Analysis: The President’s FY 2019 Budget Fails to Put Us on Responsible Fiscal Path
The President’s budget reflects a dramatically worse fiscal outlook than last year’s version released just nine months ago.
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The President’s budget reflects a dramatically worse fiscal outlook than last year’s version released just nine months ago.
CBO projects that, on our current path, the deficit will reach nearly $1 trillion next year and will total $12.4 trillion over the ten-year period from 2019–2028.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/2018/04/cbo-report-outlines-dramatically-worse-fiscal-outlook
CBO’s estimate of the cumulative deficit over the next 10 years totals $2.3 trillion more than the Administration had estimated.
Federal debt is already at its highest level as a percentage of GDP since 1950 and would exceed its all-time high by 2034 under current law.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/2018/07/cbo-warns-historic-debt-levels-threaten-economy
Higher short- and long-term Treasury rates mean that the federal government’s borrowing costs will also rise, thereby generating significant consequences for the budget and the national debt.