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Peterson Foundation Launches National Debt Clocks in Cities Across America
Continuously updated billboards put a spotlight on $22 trillion national debt as part of 2020 campaign conversation.
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Continuously updated billboards put a spotlight on $22 trillion national debt as part of 2020 campaign conversation.
The nation's long-term fiscal outlook is unsustainable. Publicly held debt currently equals 70 percent of gross domestic product, the most common measure of an economy's size.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/state-of-the-unions-finances/introduction
The United States healthcare system is the most expensive in the world, and our healthcare costs are projected to keep rising. Despite these high costs, our health outcomes are generally no better than those of our peers, and in some cases are worse.
Every month the U.S. Treasury releases data on the federal budget, including the current deficit. Here is the data for March 2021.
https://www.pgpf.org/the-current-federal-budget-deficit/budget-deficit-march-2021
Budget battles policymakers have engaged in have failed to produce reforms to address the true drivers of long-term national debt.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/averting-a-shutdown-the-numbers-behind-the-last-minute-budget-bill
"Our tax code is long past due for an overhaul, and there are many ways to improve it in a sustainable way," said Michael A. Peterson, President and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
Every month the U.S. Treasury releases data on the federal budget, including the current deficit. Here is the data for April 2022.
https://www.pgpf.org/the-current-federal-budget-deficit/budget-deficit-april-2022
On March 15, 2018 the federal government passed an unfortunate milestone: $21 trillion dollars in gross federal debt.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2018/04/the-national-debt-grew-by-1-trillion-in-just-six-months
Civic leaders, top CEOs and leading budget experts met in Washington, D.C. today to discuss the national debt and America's unsustainable fiscal trajectory, and to announce the launch of The Campaign to Fix the Debt.
Every month the U.S. Treasury releases data on the federal budget, including the current deficit. Here is the data for January 2021.
https://www.pgpf.org/the-current-federal-budget-deficit/budget-deficit-january-2021