Press Release
March 9, 2023
Highlights of the FY2024 President’s Budget
Director of Fiscal Policy Gordon Gray analyzes the figures in the President’s Budget for fiscal year 2024.
He notes:
- Taxes: Over 10 years, the budget proposes an average level of taxation of 19.7 percent, higher than any 10-year period in the history of the modern U.S. tax system.
- Spending: Over the next decade, spending would average 24.8 percent of GDP.
- Deficits: Deficits are projected to exceed $1.5 trillion every year over the next decade.
- Interest Payments: Interest payments on the debt will reach $1.3 trillion in 2033. This reflects a doubling of debt service costs, from $661 billion in 2023.
- Debt Held by the Public: Borrowing from the public would increase as a share of the economy under the President’s Budget, rising from 98.4 percent of GDP in FY2023 to 110.0 percent of GDP in 2033; even during World War II, the debt never reached this level.