8 Charts That Show How We Failed to Fix Our Fiscal Outlook This Year
These charts tell the fiscal story of 2022 — looking back at how our fiscal situation deteriorated over the past year and what challenges lie ahead.
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These charts tell the fiscal story of 2022 — looking back at how our fiscal situation deteriorated over the past year and what challenges lie ahead.
Significant majorities of voters across party lines agree that a commission would strengthen Social Security, lower borrowing costs, and improve our economic outlook.
Many options exist to reduce the imbalance between spending and revenues, including additional taxes on wealthier Americans.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2023/04/five-different-ways-of-raising-taxes-on-the-wealthiest-americans
These charts tell the fiscal story of 2021 — looking back at how our fiscal situation deteriorated over the past year and what challenges lie ahead.
As lawmakers continue to explore policies to help the nation recover from the economic damage caused by the pandemic, a key part of the discussion is how stimulus checks should be structured and targeted for maximum effectiveness. Looking at recent spending and saving trends offers some clues.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2021/02/should-stimulus-checks-go-to-higher-income-americans
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
Our fiscal situation was already unsustainable, but COVID-19 certainly did not help. Learn how the pandemic compounded our financial challenges in 13 charts.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2020/12/13-charts-that-tell-the-fiscal-story-of-2020
Addressing our nation's fiscal challenges is essential to building an economic future.This and other ideas are laid out in Pete Peterson’s latest book.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/charting-a-new-course-for-americas-economic-future
The total cost of the Tax Cuts and Job Act is estimated to be $1.7 trillion between 2018 and 2027.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2017/11/what-the-interest-on-deficit-funded-tax-legislation-would-cost
Here are eleven charts that tell America’s fiscal story for 2019 — and show how our outlook went from bad to worse over the last 12 months.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2021/07/11-charts-that-show-how-our-national-debt-grew-in-2019