Debt & Deficits
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CBO Estimates $1.5 Trillion Deficit for First 10 Months of Fiscal Year
Read moreThe United States borrowed $1.5 trillion in the first ten months of fiscal year 2024, including $242 billion in July, according to the latest Monthly...
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Gross National Debt Reaches $35 Trillion
Read moreThe gross national debt of the United States reached $35 trillion last Friday, seven months after the previous milestone reached at the end of last...
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Meeting Fiscal Goals Under CBO’s June 2024 Baseline
Read moreIt would require nearly $10 trillion of deficit reduction to stabilize debt at its current share of the economy over the next decade, according to the...
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Trump and Biden: Debt Growth
Read moreWe recently estimated that former President Trump and current President Biden approved $8.4 trillion and $4.3 trillion of new ten-year borrowing (or...
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Trump and Biden: The National Debt
Read moreThe national debt is on course to reach a record share of the economy under the next presidential administration, due in part to policies approved by...
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Government Spending Just Keeps on Growing
Read moreThe latest Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline shows that federal spending this year will be the largest it’s ever been outside a crisis – far...
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CBO Releases June 2024 Baseline Update
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today released new ten-year budget and economic projections – an update from its February baseline – again...
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Record Interest Next Year, Record Debt Projected in Just 3 Years
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Update to the Budget and Economic Outlook today, projecting that the national debt will set a new...
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CBO Estimates $1.2 Trillion Deficit for First Eight Months of Fiscal Year
Read moreThe United States borrowed $1.2 trillion in the first eight months of fiscal year 2024, including $348 billion in May, according to the latest Monthly...
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Deficit Totaled $1.7 Trillion Over the Past Year
Read moreThe federal budget deficit totaled $1.7 trillion over the past 12 months, incorporating the $348 billion May deficit estimated by the Congressional...
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Income Growth Would Slow By One-Third Due to Rising Debt
Read moreA new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) finds rising national debt will slow economic growth and reduce projected incomes. Compared to...
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Debt Surges With Extensions
Read moreBased on new estimates from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), debt could reach 132 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Fiscal Year (FY)...