Policymakers at all levels of government have many difficult choices to make as rising health care, education, and infrastructure costs place pressures on annual budgets and outpace revenue growth.
Pew helps legislators and public officials confront these challenges by sharing information and highlighting best practices that help governments achieve both short-term and long-term financial health and make smart investments in programs that provide the strongest returns.
Pew also seeks to increase state fiscal accountability, responsibility, and transparency by providing independent and unbiased information to policymakers, stakeholders, and the public, as well as help explain the complex ways that federal and state fiscal policy interact.
The fiscal challenges facing all levels of government are focusing attention on the federal-state relationship and leading to discussions about how costs should be allocated among local, state, and the federal governments. Pew provides policymakers...
Borrowing money for college can be an effective investment, allowing individuals to reap the financial benefits that accrue over time from achieving advanced education. But the consequences of unmanageable student debt may hinder rather than help...
Pew studies the alternative financial arrangements that people use to buy lower-cost homes and examines the barriers that lenders face to offering small mortgages....
