Federal Debt - Past, Present, and Future

This infographic explores US Federal Debt - where it has been, where it's going, and how various debt reduction scenarios can help the country avoid a debt bubble.  The goal is to help people easily understand how the United States has dealt with past debt bubbles, what is inflating the current bubble, why many of the popularly proposed remedies are insufficient, and what needs to be done to truly fix the problem.  LEARN MORE >> 

The sources for the historical data used in this analysis are the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).  The projection of what will occur over the next 70 years is based on the CBO’s Alternate Fiscal Scenario published in 2010. 

An example of a detailed scenario analysis...

Scenario Analysis

Scenario analysis is the process of analyzing possible future events by evaluating different possible outcomes.

Understanding the probability of different events and the magnitude of the impact of each event can help you make better decisions and prepare more robust contingency plans.