America’s fiscal health and economic strength are closely linked. Learn more about the drivers of our national debt and its economic impact.| Peterson Foundation
Programs that millions of Americans depend on and care about may be feeling a squeeze from interest costs on our high and rising national debt.| Peterson Foundation
The federal budget deficit increases significantly in relation to gross domestic product over the next 30 years, in CBO’s projections, pushing federal debt held by the public far beyond any previously recorded level.| Congressional Budget Office