This page summarizes the safe merge of explicitly approved CBO projection/context rows into a new candidate display cache. It does not activate scoring or report-card use.
| Metric ID | Candidate Metric | Latest Value | Observation Period | Trend | Trend Window | Direction Review | Source | Boundary |
| NDD-MET-024 | Projected debt held by the public as percent of GDP | 120.2% | 2036 projection | +19.6 PP | 2036 vs 2026 projection | Worsening projection - higher debt burden | CBO Budget and Economic Outlook / 10-Year Budget Projections | Candidate/context display only; scoring disabled; no issue grade; no member grade; no report-card use; no rollup; no leaderboard; no legislative mapping; no letters/calls/action tools. |
| NDD-MET-025 | Projected federal deficit as percent of GDP | 6.7% deficit | 2036 projection | +0.9 PP | 2036 vs 2026 projection | Worsening projection - larger deficit burden | CBO Budget and Economic Outlook / 10-Year Budget Projections | Candidate/context display only; scoring disabled; no issue grade; no member grade; no report-card use; no rollup; no leaderboard; no legislative mapping; no letters/calls/action tools. |
| NDD-MET-026 | Projected net interest outlays as percent of GDP | 4.6% | 2036 projection | +1.3 PP | 2036 vs 2026 projection | Worsening projection - higher interest burden | CBO Budget and Economic Outlook / 10-Year Budget Projections | Candidate/context display only; scoring disabled; no issue grade; no member grade; no report-card use; no rollup; no leaderboard; no legislative mapping; no letters/calls/action tools. |