AI GENERATED · A PROJECTION FROM YOUR OWN CHOICES, NOT A FORECAST
The projector starts from the real 2024 debt and runs a budget from Budget Build Forge one federal quarter at a time, showing the money in, the money out, the interest, the shortfall and the debt.
How to use this page — step by step
Run a budget
Pick a budget you saved on Budget Build Forge, or open a budget link someone sent you, then choose how many quarters to look ahead and press Run the projection.
Run a second budget and press Compare with the last run to see the two side by side.
Read the results
The government's budget year starts in October, so quarter 1 of budget year 2025 is October to December 2024, the first quarter after the last real figures.
The tiles show where the budget ends up: the debt, the debt as a share of everything the country earns in a year, all the shortfalls added up, and all the interest paid.
The first chart shows money in, money out and interest every quarter. The second shows the debt as a share of the economy.
A quarter that brings in more than it spends is outlined in green.
What it leaves out
It does not know that a tax change can change how fast the economy grows, so the growth you pick stays the same whatever the budget does.
Money is spread evenly across the year, so the real swings around tax deadlines are smoothed out.
