The U.S. Congressional Budget Office released new estimates this week that the federal deficit this year will be nearly $2 trillion, more than double the deficits just five years ago.
"Large deficits push federal debt held by the public to 122 percent of GDP in 2034," CBO said.
"Economic growth slows to 2.0 percent in 2024 and 1.8 percent in 2026 and later years." CBO's revisions include a significant increase in large part because of the recent foreign aid bill passed by Congress.
From CBO: In CBO's current projections, the deficit for 2024 is $0.4 trillion larger than it was in the agency's February 2024 projections, and the cumulative deficit over the 2025-2034 period is larger by $2.1 trillion.
The largest contributor to the cumulative increase was the incorporation of recently enacted legislation into CBO's baseline, which added $1.6 trillion to projected deficits.
"Over the past eight months of the fiscal year, we've spent more on interest payments on the debt than we have on national defense," MacGuineas said.
"We are already spending more on interest than we do on all federal spending for children, and we will see interest grow larger than Medicare spending this year."
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