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Financial State of the States reports
Each September, we launch our Financial State of the States report, which analyzes the finances of all 50 states. See our reports from 2009 - present.
Bill's Blog
Bill Bergman serves as TIA's Director of Research. He is responsible for managing TIA's federal project and State Data Lab's data base. Bergman spent 13 years as an economist and policy analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
Financial State of the Cities
We analyzed the financial conditions of the 50 largest US cities. See how they rank here.
The Federal Project
Our Federal Project explores various aspects of government financial reporting, and will examine a different theme each month for the next year.
Financial State of the States 2015
Each year Truth in Accounting issues a report of the financial condition of each of the 50 states. Click here for our latest 2015 data to see how your state is doing.
The Social Security crash is closer than you think
August 17, 2017
PoliZette
Social Security turned 82 years old this week and finds itself as sickly as many of the elderly Americans it serves.
Unless Congress acts soon, it will not be around in its current form for another 82 years — or even half that long. The Social Security Trustees forecast that the trust fund will go broke in 2034. The Congressional Budget Office projects an even earlier collapse, pegging it at 2030.
WATCH: Live stream of tonight's forum in Chicago
August 10, 2017
NPR Illinois
NPR Illinois will host its fifth Illinois Issues forum tonight at the Union League Club of Chicago. The listening tour of the state focuses on the financial health of Illinois and the lasting impacts of the two-year-long state budget impasse.
NSIG Breakfast: How did we get into this mess?
August 3, 2017
Harvard Business School Club of Chicago
In this session we will do the following: Learn about the accounting gimmicks used to “balance” state budgets while simultaneously racking up billions of dollars of debt …
Road to economic growth paved with efficient infrastructure investment
August 18, 2017
Brink
Working together to help channel efficient investment to infrastructure, governments and private investors alike will need to ensure that the risks are identified, managed and, where appropriate, mitigated.
5 facts about the national debt
August 18, 2017
Pew Research Center
Congress and the White House have until the end of September to raise the national debt limit before the federal government is faced with the prospect of either not paying its bondholders on time or deferring other bills. Here’s a primer on the U.S. national debt, the debt limit and interest payments on the nation’s credit line:
IMF warns China over 'dangerous' growth in debt
August 16, 2017
The Guardian
The IMF used its annual health check on the world’s second biggest economy to stress that faster expansion in 2017 was coming at the cost of a jump in private sector debt and an increasing use of complex financial instruments.
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