The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases

Austin, D. Andrew

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Budget deficits;    Budgets;    Business cycles;    Economic policy;    Federal budgets;   

RP-ID  :  RL31967
RP-ID  :  RL31967_2008May30

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses how the total debt of the federal government can increase, a historical overview of debt limits, and how the current economic slowdown has led to higher deficits and thereby a series of debt limit increases, as well as legislation related to these increases.