Monday, May 29, 2023

The debt ceiling deal - what was that all about?

The New York Times has a timeline of the recent conflict.

- Click here for it

Cutting to the chase: 

- Wikipedia: United States debt ceiling.

- Wikipedia: 2023 United States debt-ceiling crisis.

Some relevant concepts: 

- Wikipedia: Government Revenue.

- Treasury.gov: How much revenue has the U.S. government collected this year?

- Timeline

- Wikipedia: Government spending in the United States.

- Treasury.gov: How much has the U.S. government spent this year?

- - Mandatory
- - Discretionary
- - Interest on the Debt

- Timeline

- The budgetary process.

- Recent Budgets.

- - 2018.
- - 2019.
- - 2020.
- - 2021.
- - 2022.
- - 2023.

- Wikipedia: Government budget balance.

- Wikipedia: Budget Surpluses.

- Wikipedia: Budget Deficits.

- Treasury.gov: What is the national deficit?

- Treasury.gov: What is the national debt?