New Budget Numbers

Throughout the day, Concord will be releasing new items related to today’s budget numbers released by the CBO and OMB.

For immediate reactions, check out our Twitter feed.

Throughout the day, Concord will be releasing new items related to today’s budget numbers released by the CBO and OMB.

For immediate reactions, check out our Twitter feed.

Our new Concord Plausible Baseline Chart with its backup data can be found on our baseline page.

A press release is in the works (it is up now–JG), but for now a few interesting statistics:

• Our baseline, which is based on the CBO baseline and extends current policy, shows a $14.4 trillion in additional deficits over the next 10 years.
• By 2019, debt held by the public will pass 100% of GDP (102%)
• In 2019, interest on the debt will cost over $1 trillion. At 5% of GDP, that will be more than spending on National defense or domestic discretionary programs.

More soon…

…in the meantime, check out our live stream of the Fiscal Wake-up Tour in Maine with Senator Susan Collins, set to begin at 12:30pm.

Update: Press release now up.