Fiscal Debt, Idea Deficit

by | Mar 2, 2021 | Congress, Debt, Economic Policy

Jonathan Bydlak at LegBranch.org: [As] we come out of the economic and public health hellscape of the last year, the potential for a new crisis is beginning to rear its ugly head. The haunting fiscal picture that the coronavirus has left in its wake was summarized in...

Deficit and Debt

by | Nov 22, 2020 | Debt, Economic Policy

From the Congressional Budget Office: In fiscal year 2020, which ended on September 30, the federal budget deficit totaled $3.1 trillion—more than triple the shortfall recorded in fiscal year 2019. Much of that amount was the result of the economic effects of the...