Fiscal Policy
This term describes the U.S. federal debt projected to reach nearly 180% of GDP by 2050 under current policies, per Brookings analyses.
What is unsustainable debt?
This persistent post-pandemic issue in services inflation has sparked debates on the Fed's tightening effectiveness, per economic analyses.
What is inflation?
This ongoing U.S. challenge, per Brookings' Center for Health Policy, involves high costs consuming 18% of GDP.
What is healthcare affordability?
Pew finds 51% of Americans say public K-12 education is heading this way, citing insufficient focus on core subjects.
What is the wrong direction?
Brookings' ESCI examines this global risk from U.S. energy demand, intersecting economics and security.
What is climate change?
According to Brookings, making the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provisions permanent would push the 2055 debt-to-GDP ratio to this percentage.
What is 195%?
Pew surveys rank this economic concern as a top national problem, with 77% of Republicans viewing it as very big.
What is inflation?
Brookings notes this as a top voter issue tied to coverage gaps and utilization/utilization tradeoffs in policy debates.
What is healthcare access?
This Pew-identified higher ed issue sees 70% of Americans saying the system is off track, up from 56% in 2020.
What is tuition affordability?
This Brookings reform targets NEPA delays in deploying solar, wind, and transmission to speed the green transition.
What is federal permitting?
Brookings highlights this as a key fiscal problem where the U.S. has been better at advising others on discipline than applying it domestically.
What are triple deficits (or budget, trade, and savings deficits)?
The Fed's 525 basis point hike from 2022-2023 aimed to counter this surge, the largest since the 1980s.
What is post-pandemic inflation?
The Brookings Center focuses on this reform area, including Medicare spending and ACA implementation metrics.
What is Affordable Care Act (ACA) improvement?
Brookings discusses Trump-era OCR shifts closing probes into this, while opening Title IX cases on gender policies.
What is book banning?
Brookings proposes this EU-modeled limit for low-sensitivity clean energy areas to cut timelines without weakening reviews.
What is a strict NEPA time limit?
This Brookings measure tracks how federal, state, and local tax/spending changes impact GDP growth, showing a 0.6% decrease in Q2 2025.
What is the Hutchins Center Fiscal Impact Measure?
This IMF-described tool uses interest rate adjustments to counter recessions by boosting aggregate demand and employment.
What is expansionary monetary policy?
Pew ties this to broader national problems like health costs, with Democrats prioritizing related gun violence concerns. (Note: Cross-referenced with healthcare context.)
What are healthcare costs?
Pew notes stagnant enrollment and rising demands complicate this, amid ESSER funding expiration.
What is state education funding?
Pew links this policy area to infrastructure concerns, rated lower but tied to energy access inequities. (Note: Cross-referenced with environment.)
What is environmental protection?
Per Brookings, this "therapy" approach to fiscal imbalance involves addressing both revenue shortfalls and spending growth to curb rising debt.
What is Fiscal Therapy?
Historical systems like Bretton Woods failed due to lacking this domestic underpinning, leading to U.S. inflationary breaks.
What is a policy rule (or domestic policy rule for price stability)?
Brookings debates lowering this through price regulation or utilization cuts, balancing savings against care quality risks.
What is the underlying cost of care?
70% in Gallup/Pew polls say K-12 is on the wrong track due to this post-pandemic distraction issue in upper grades.
What is cell phone usage?
Brookings' ESCI focuses on this low-carbon pathway tool, including taxes and regulations for emissions reduction.
What is demand management?