10 Largest Budget Functions
Here are the top ten spending categories for the federal budget.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/top-10-largest-budget-functions
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Here are the top ten spending categories for the federal budget.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/top-10-largest-budget-functions
“As Washington navigates short-term budget battles, our long-term fiscal outlook keeps getting more and more dangerous," said Michael A. Peterson.
The defense share of the federal budget has averaged 21 percent over the past two decades.
Sequestration is a budget procedure used by lawmakers to cancel or limit funding in order to meet budget goals.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/budget-basics-what-is-sequestration
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation releases a statement on President Obama's FY2011 budget.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2010/02/statement-by-pgpf-on-president-obamas-fy2011-budget
Every month the U.S. Treasury releases data on the federal budget, including the current deficit. Here is the latest data for Fiscal Year 2024, charted out monthly and on a year-over-year basis.
Improving our healthcare system to deliver better quality care at lower cost is critically important to our nation’s long-term economic and fiscal well-being.
https://www.pgpf.org/infographic/infographic-us-healthcare-spending
Our most popular charts from 2016 illustrate the nation's fiscal challenges in areas like defense spending, healthcare, and tax reform.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2016/12/top-7-fiscal-charts-from-2016
“Earlier this month, the Congressional Budget Office released new data showing that interest costs in 2024 will total a staggering $870 billion, a jump of 32 percent and more than $2 billion per day,” said Michael A. Peterson.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2024/02/fci-press-release
The Social Security Trustees's 2011 financial report warns that Social Security is in a weakened financial position in the short run and in an unsustainable condition in the long run.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/financial-condition-of-social-security