About Fiscal Beliefs
Fiscal expectations and government debt beliefs
Fiscal Beliefs brings together research on how people, professionals, and official institutions understand fiscal policy and government debt. It makes the results, methods, and data accessible to a broad audience.
Purpose
A public home for evidence on fiscal beliefs
The website translates current research for readers who want to understand what supports government debt, whether people believe it is sustainable, and how the expected fiscal path is changing. The common focus is how beliefs and expectations shape the value and sustainability of government debt.
Researchers
Two projects
Three questions connect the research.
The survey measures beliefs about government debt value and sustainability. The Fiscal Expectations project studies how the expected fiscal path changes and how those changes affect Treasury valuation.
- Government debt valuationWhy investors value Treasury liabilities
- Government debt sustainabilityHow much fiscal risk people perceive
- Fiscal expectationsHow the expected path of policy and debt changes