2013 Long-Term Budget Outlook

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By Joyce Manchester (ed)
Year: 2013
Pages: 126
Binding Paperback
ISBN 978-1-4578-4899-5

Product Code: 1457848996

Description

This report presents projections of federal spending and revenues. Between 2009 and 2012, the federal government recorded the largest budget deficits relative to the size of the economy since 1946, causing federal debt to soar. Federal debt held by the public is now about 73% of the economyäó»s annual output, or gross domestic product (GDP). That percentage is higher than at any point in U.S. history except a brief period around World War II, and it is twice the percentage at the end of 2007. If current laws generally remained in place, federal debt held by the public would decline slightly relative to GDP over the next several years. After that, however, growing deficits would ultimately push debt back above its current high level. This report projects that federal debt held by the public would reach 100% of GDP in 2038, 25 years from now, even without accounting for the harmful effects that growing debt would have on the economy. Moreover, debt would be on an upward path relative to the size of the economy, a trend that could not be sustained indefinitely. Tables and figures. This is a print on demand report.

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