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      • A series of responses across the polls consistently show that preponderant majorities believe they are confronting greater financial risk than earlier generations.
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  1. Jan 7, 2012 · A series of responses across the polls consistently show that preponderant majorities believe they are confronting greater financial risk than earlier generations.

  2. A series of responses across the polls consistently show that preponderant majorities believe they are confronting greater financial risk than earlier generations.

    • The Economic Consequences of Deficits and Debt
    • The Budgetary Consequences of Debt
    • Geopolitical Challenges and Risks from High Debt
    • Reduced Ability to Respond to Emergencies
    • Growing Intergenerational Imbalances
    • Conclusion

    High and rising debt creates near-term and long-term economic consequences, some of which are playing out in real time through high inflation. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis, policymakers injected more than $5 trillion of fiscal support into the economy. Deficits ballooned from just under $1 trillion in 2019 to an average ...

    A high and rising national debt requires growing government interest payments to service it. Each dollar spent on interest is a dollar unavailable to spend on other priorities or lower taxes. Already, the federal government spends $400 billion on net interest expenses. That’s twice what it spends on food and nutrition, three times what it spends on...

    In 2016, a bipartisan group of some the nation’s foremost national security figures, led by former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen, declared “long-term debt is the single greatest threat to our national security.”19High debt not only crowds out resources that strengthen our security, but it also narrows our tools for dealing with ...

    While large deficits are undesirable in normal times, they are often necessary in times of emergency. Government borrowing during a war, pandemic, or similar crisis can allow adequate funding for an acute need while spreading the costs over time. In the case of a recession or economic downturn, borrowing can also boost demand, minimize employment l...

    The federal budget is skewed heavily in favor of adults and seniors over children as well as today’s consumption over investments in tomorrow. A rising national debt worsens these generational imbalances by burdening younger and future generations with higher interest payments, slower income growth, and greater financial responsibility for shoulder...

    The national debt is nearing its all-time high of 106 percent of GDP and will likely exceed that level in the near future. The reasons for why this is concerning have not changed much over the past few years, but the challenge has become even more daunting. Before the pandemic, we warned that sustainability of our national debt should be dealt with...

  3. Aug 6, 2020 · What financial risks still remain, how can we make financial markets and institutions resilient to shocks that we know—and don’t know—are out there, and what role does policy have in reducing risk and promoting resiliency?

  4. Aug 21, 2023 · The 2022 financial stability conference focused on frontier risks, a new normal, and policy challenges. This Economic Commentary summarizes the academic papers and keynotes featured.

  5. Feb 8, 2021 · While 78% of respondents indicated that a high impact event based on risks identified in the survey is likely to occur in 2021, 100% of them remarked that they are confident in the ability of the Canadian financial system to withstand them.

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  7. Oct 11, 2022 · Emerging markets are confronting a multitude of risks, including high external borrowing costs, stubbornly high inflation and volatile commodity markets. They also face heightened uncertainty about the global economy, and policy tightening in advanced economies.