Fiscal Confidence Index Results for January 2018; FCI Value: 51
The survey finds that voters across party lines are calling for the President to put forward plans to reduce the national debt.
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The survey finds that voters across party lines are calling for the President to put forward plans to reduce the national debt.
“Today’s report provides a troubling snapshot of America’s fiscal outlook, which we know will only get worse from here,” said Michael A. Peterson, CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2021/03/peterson-statement-on-cbos-long-term-outlook
Building on work that began with the Foundation's Solutions Initiative last year, experts from the American Action Forum, the Bipartisan Policy Center, the Center for American Progress, the Economic Policy Institute and The Heritage Foundation have each composed specific plans to set the country on a more sustainable fiscal path, and set out their top priorities for the President and Congress.
CBO estimates that the number of uninsured under age 65 rose by 1 million people and anticipates the total to rise by another million people this year.
As lawmakers consider a range of costly new tax and spending proposals, voters across party lines are urging their leaders to prioritize the nation’s high and rising debt.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2019/06/fci-press-release
The latest Financial Times-Peterson Foundation US Economic Monitor, released on August 18, 2020, reveals voter concerns on a range of complex policy challenges surrounding the pandemic, reopening schools and vaccine availability.
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation presents a primer on the federal budget.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/the-federal-budget-primer
Michael A. Peterson releases a statement on President Barack Obama's budget.
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
Americans are increasingly concerned about the nation's long-term debt and pessimistic about Washington's ability to make progress in addressing the debt, according to the Peter G. Peterson Foundation's latest Fiscal Confidence Index, a monthly measure of public attitudes about the nation's long-term debt and the efforts elected leaders are making to address the debt.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/2013/01/fci-press-release