
PGPF Chart Pack
The PGPF chart pack illustrates that budget-making involves many competing priorities, limited resources, and complex issues.
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The PGPF chart pack illustrates that budget-making involves many competing priorities, limited resources, and complex issues.
“As overcoming this pandemic continues to be a top priority, voters are also becoming more concerned about America’s rapidly worsening fiscal condition,” said Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peterson Foundation.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2021/02/fci-press-release
Discretionary spending is projected to remain below its historical average.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0185_discretionary_spending
Social Security and major health programs account for over three-quarters of mandatory spending.
Net interest costs on the national debt are projected to rise sharply.
The national debt has risen dramatically over the past year.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0322_debt_projection_next_year
The growing debt is caused by a structural mismatch between spending and revenues.
The United States was in a more precarious fiscal position in 2020 than it was at the onset of the last six recessions.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0309_precarious_fiscal_position
The federal deficit is projected to decline in 2021, but is expected to remain high over the next decade