Thursday, July 13, 2017

Trumpster shaves the deficit

According to CBO’s estimates, the deficit would fall from the $693 billion projected for 2017 to $593 billion in 2018 under the President’s proposals. After that, the deficit would generally rise, totaling $720 billion in 2027. The cumulative deficit over the 2018–2027 period would total $6.8 trillion. Measured as a percentage of output, the deficit would decline from 3.6 percent of GDP in 2017 to 2.6 percent at the end of the period. The deficit would average 2.9 percent through 2027. (The average deficit over the past 50?years has equaled 2.8 percent of GDP.)Those estimates exclude any macroeconomic feedback effects.
The CBO ignores feedback which mainly means no bailouts needed. Unfortunately, in a recession we always bailout government. 

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