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Learn about Peterson Foundation projects designed to address America's long-term fiscal and economic challenges.
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Learn about Peterson Foundation projects designed to address America's long-term fiscal and economic challenges.
Solutions Initiative 2019: Projected Federal Debt
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0279_solutions_initiative_2019
"The rise in the cost of servicing the debt is the significant challenge . . . threatening to crowd out federal spending priorities," writes Dana M. Peterson and Lori Esposito Murray.
https://www.pgpf.org/expert-views/fiscal-commission/the-debt-crisis-is-here
Despite a growing economy and low unemployment, federal budget deficits are projected to grow over the next 10 years.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2019/01/five-charts-that-summarize-cbos-budget-and-economic-outlook
Policymakers use the federal budget process to establish spending priorities and to determine who will pay for those activities.
https://www.pgpf.org/finding-solutions/understanding-the-budget/budget-process
Federal Spending in the federal budget can be divided into three categories: mandatory, discretionary, and interest. Learn how these categories have changed over time.
https://www.pgpf.org/finding-solutions/understanding-the-budget/spending
“As troubling as this year’s deficit is, it’s just the beginning of large and growing deficits as far as the eye can see," Michael A. Peterson, Chairman and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, said.
A strong and stable economy with sustained job creation and broadly-shared growth ultimately requires a foundation of fiscal responsibility.
https://www.pgpf.org/pgpf-programs-and-projects/fiscal-balancing-act
One of the largest drivers of that rising debt is federal spending on major healthcare programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid.
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation today convened a broad range of senior officials, policy-makers, elected leaders, and experts at its first-ever "2010 Fiscal Summit: America’s Crisis and A Way Forward" to launch a national bipartisan dialogue on America’s fiscal challenges.