Analysis: Higher Interest Rates & the National Debt
There will be a number of consequences from a gradual increase in the federal funds rate over time.
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There will be a number of consequences from a gradual increase in the federal funds rate over time.
All three budget plans achieve deficit reduction within the 10-year window relative to current law, though they make different choices on revenues and spending levels for particular programs and achieve different results.
The Peterson Foundation has joined with the Henry L. Stimson Center to gather distinguished national security experts to begin working on a new defense strategy for the U.S.
https://www.pgpf.org/what-we-are-doing/grants/reframing-national-defense-strategy
Social Security is an important program that is part of the fabric of America. We must ensure that Social Security is available for future generations.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/making-social-security-sustainable
The President’s budget reflects a dramatically worse fiscal outlook than last year’s version released just nine months ago.
The State Budget Crisis Task Force released the first-ever comprehensive report detailing threats to states' fiscal sustainability and actions that can be taken to address them.
https://www.pgpf.org/what-we-are-doing/grants/state-budget-crisis-task-force-announcement
The report focuses on the fiscal conditions in six heavily populated states which together account for a third of the nation's population and almost 40 cents of every dollar in spending by state and local governments.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/state-budget-crisis-task-force
The latest Financial Times-Peterson Foundation US Economic Monitor, released on July 7, 2020, reveals timely data about Americans’ deep concerns about the health and economic effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
A broad, bipartisan majority of voters agree that the national debt is a key issue for the 2020 campaign.
https://www.pgpf.org/infographic/voters-agree-the-national-debt-is-a-bipartisan-priority
Chairman Paul Ryan's budget aims to shrink the size of government to about 20 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2015 and to 15 percent of GDP in 2050.