The Nations Fiscal Health: Action is Needed to Address the Federal Governments Fiscal Future

Abstract

The Congress and incoming Administration face serious economic, security, and social challenges that will require difficult policy choices in the short term about the level of federal spending and investments as well as ways to obtain needed resources. At the same time, the federal government is highly leveraged in debt by historical norms.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 17, 2017
Accession Number
AD1167734

Entities

People

  • Eugene Louis Dodaro
  • Gary T. Engel
  • Robert F. Dacey
  • Susan J. Irving

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Economic Analysis
  • Federal Budgets
  • Financial Management
  • Governments
  • Health Care
  • International Organizations
  • Investments
  • Law
  • Local Governments
  • Money
  • National Governments
  • Personnel Management
  • President (United States)
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Economics
  • Political science

Readers

  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting
  • Systems Analysis and Design