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Report Type	Reports and Testimonies
Report Date	June 5, 1992
Report No.	T-OCG-92-4
Subject	Balanced budgets Budget cuts Budget deficit Budget outlays Deficit reduction Economic analysis Economic growth Fiscal policies Future budget projections Government collections Medicaid Medicare Gramm-Rudman Social Security Program

Summary:

GAO discussed deficit reduction and better budgetary decisions for the nations long-term economic health. GAO noted that: (1) deficits erode the savings needed for private investment and future economic growth; (2) the share of national savings absorbed by the deficit grew from 2 percent in 1960 to 58 percent in 1990; (3) an influx of foreign capital sustained investment, but this reliance has its price because future profits and interest payments will flow abroad; (4) increasing national savings by reducing the deficit will promote greater investment and long-term economic growth; (5) using deficits to finance a high level of spending on investment programs could mitigate the dampening effects of deficits on economic growth; and (6) pressures created by deficits have caused a reduction in the share of the budget spent on infrastructure, research and human capital programs vital to long-term economic growth.

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