US Published National Debt
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Each Taxpayer's Share: $803,000
2020 Financial State of the Cities
Our fourth annual report on the financial condition of the nation's 75 largest cities.
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 States 2019
Our tenth annual Financial State of the States report, a nationwide analysis of the most recent state government financial information.
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 $3.9 trillion in 2018.
Data-Z (formerly State Data Lab)
Create your own chart with more than 700 data variables, including demographic, economic and financial at the federal, state, and city level.
In Dallas politics, telling the pigs from the socialists
February 27, 2020
Dallas Observer
Are you a socialist if you don’t want families to get blown up in gas well explosions? Is it socialism to try to get your city to live within its means?
Government financial planning with inaccurate financial information
February 26, 2020
Accounting Today
Accountants assist clients with financial plans based upon the information their clients provide. Some clients might tell their accountants that they made money last year and have a large reserve. Other clients might be deep in debt and need a new financial plan. But even the best-designed plan will not work if the accountants are not given accurate information.
National debt isn’t $23 trillion, it's $122 trillion, group says
February 25, 2020
The Epoch Times
America’s current national debt stands at roughly $23.3 trillion, according to the U.S. Treasury Department’s “Debt to the Penny” website, which is so precise that visitors can pick a specific date in the recent past—say Jan. 1, 2000—and get the exact amount on that day: $5,776,091,314,225.33.
Will a sales tax save Lemon Grove, California?
February 27, 2020
Voice of San Diego
Voters in Lemon Grove are being asked to approve a sales tax increase proponents say will save the city from being run by the County Board of Supervisors, but public finance experts aren’t so sure the new revenue will be anything more than a temporary reprieve.
The Fed can’t wait to respond to the coronavirus
February 27, 2020
The Wall Street Journal
A central bank’s primary job is to offset major disturbances to the economy. Today, the novel coronavirus is a material risk to the economy. It represents an unexpected shock, and the Federal Reserve should lead the world’s central banks in taking immediate action.
International Public Sector Financial Accountability Index
February 27, 2020
International Federation of Accountants
Accrual reporting – recording the economic substance of transactions when they occur rather than when cash settlement occurs – is fundamental to good decision making, transparency and accountability.
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