Brief Debt Limits
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How States Restrict Borrowing
Kim S. Rueben, Megan Randall
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Debt limits are provisions that limit a state’s ability to take on new debt or debt service. This fact sheet describes the different rules that states use to limit debt and reviews evidence on how debt limits affect fiscal outcomes.

Primary topic State and Local Issues
Research Area State and local budgets