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US Published National Debt
$18,029,014,745,209.00
The Truth
$83,127,962,018,534.00
Your Share: 261,500
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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.
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.
Denver Local Governments' Financial Condition
What your local government is hiding: the lack of transparency in pension debt reporting in Denver area local governments
Financial State of the States
Each year Truth in Accounting issues a report of the financial condition of each of the 50 states. See how your state is doing.
State Financial Data
Each year the Truth in Accounting staff collects data from every state's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
TIA In the News
Federal debt: the value Obama didn’t address
January 26, 2015
Roll Call
"However, Obama didn’t address how his new policies and plans will be paid for or how they will affect the current national debt."
Reviewing the state budget and the state of the state
January 26, 2015
WXXI News (New York)
“The think tank Truth in Accounting calculates that New York state has quite a bit of 'hidden debt' (roughly $78 billion) which puts an interesting spin on the notion of budgetary windfalls the Governor is looking to spend."
Connecticut’s budget chief: the state is in a ‘permanent fiscal crisis’
January 23, 2015
Watchdog.org
"Malloy will likely try to borrow more money to get his transportation agenda moving, but Connecticut is already ranked as the biggest sinkhole state in the nation by Truth in Accounting, with $48,100 in debt per taxpayer.”
Morning Call
The other Deflategate: our state budget
January 26, 2015
The Boston Globe
“Footballs aren’t the only things that need to be filled up in Massachusetts. Our state budget does too."
When will the debt ax fall?
January 26, 2015
The Hill
"On that date, the debt ceiling will again take effect, and the overall limit will be automatically raised to cover all of Treasury’s borrowing."
Greece’s net debt is 18% of GDP, not 175%. What’s Germany’s?
January 26, 2015
Forbes
“Before imposing another round of austerity on Greece, Germany should fix its own accounting problem — by calculating Greek debt, and its own, with accepted international standards."
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