US Published National Debt
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The Truth
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Each Taxpayer's Share: $776,000
NEW Financial State of Chicago
New report on the Financial State of Chicago finds that the city's financial condition worsened by $2 billion compared to the previous 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.
City Combined Taxpayer Burden Report 2019
Truth in Accounting's new analysis of the 10 largest U.S. cities that includes their underlying government units.
Financial State of the Union
Read our newest report on the Financial State of the Union, which found that the financial condition of the U.S. government worsened by $4.5 trillion in 2018.
State Data Lab
Compare all 50 states and the 75 most populous cities using more than 300 unique data variables.
A $1 trillion deficit is bad. The reality is much worse
August 16, 2019
The Fiscal Times
President Trump’s signing of a two-year budget deal earlier this month may have averted the chances of another government shutdown before the 2020 election, but it certainly added to the exposure of U.S. taxpayers.
Municipal Finance Data Forum Midwest
August 15, 2019
XBRL US
Hear public sector and financial data standards experts discuss how standardizing reported data can improve the efficiency of disclosures by U.S. state and local governments. This forum will feature speakers from the Bond Buyer, the Illinois Office of the Controller (IOC), Northern Illinois University Center for Governmental Studies, Truth In Accounting, Will County, and more.
‘Bond King’ backs TIA: says U.S. deficit is $6 trillion using ‘real’ accounting
August 14, 2019
Sprott Money
The idea that U.S. government data could be less accurate than much-maligned private sector accounting seems rich.
TRS allocated $4.8 billion in FY 2020 budget
August 16, 2019
Illinois Teachers Retirement System
Before adjourning its spring session on June 2, the Illinois General Assembly took action on a few proposals important to the Teachers’ Retirement System and its members.
GOP tax cuts are a national security threat
August 16, 2019
The Hill
Republicans have labeled the rising national debt a dire threat to national security.
Pension costs and transparency
August 14, 2019
UK Parliament
Transparency has long been a cause of concern for the pensions industry, both for individual savers and for those managing pension schemes.
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