Happy Fiscal New Year?
For the third year in a row, Congress did not adopt a budget resolution.
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For the third year in a row, Congress did not adopt a budget resolution.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects that the federal debt could reach 175% of GDP by 2040.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/congressional-budget-offices-2015-long-term-budget-outlook
After months of negotiations, with default looming, Congress passed and the President signed the Budget Control Act of 2011, which raises the debt ceiling and puts a process in place for reducing the deficit.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/peter-g-peterson-foundation-analysis-of-the-budget-control-act-of-2011
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
The report projects that in 2018 — for the first time since 1982 — the program’s total costs will exceed its total income.
The rapid growth in health care costs is the largest and fastest growing fiscal challenge.
The Peterson Foundation releases a statement on the deal to end the government shutdown.
2013 Fall Fiscal Agenda: A Critical Time for Action; 4 upcoming milestones
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/2013-fall-fiscal-agenda-%E2%80%94-conclusion
These charts illustrate some of the biggest fiscal policy stories from 2017.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2017/12/ten-charts-that-sum-up-this-year-in-fiscal-news
The paper puts real numbers behind different scenarios for a structure for tax reform: eliminating income tax expenditures to enable lower tax rates.