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Data Visualization

  • Examining day-to-day crypto volatility and why it’s important
    Examining day-to-day crypto volatility and why it’s important

    Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies frequently exhibit daily price drops during bull markets and increases during bear markets far in excess of traditional assets.

    By Max Gulker and Jordan Campbell
    March 8, 2023

  • The 2022 fiscal year investment results for state pension plans 
    The 2022 fiscal year investment results for state pension plans 

    Overall, the median investment return result for state pension systems in 2022 is -5.2%.

    By Zachary Christensen, Steve Vu, Jordan Campbell and Anil Niraula
    February 7, 2023

  • Local governments collected $9 billion in fines and fees in 2020
    Local governments collected $9 billion in fines and fees in 2020

    Local governments in three states—New York ($1.4 billion), California ($1.26 billion), and Texas ($1.17 billion)—collected well over a third of the nation's $9 billion in fines and fees in 2020.

    By Vittorio Nastasi
    January 31, 2023

  • Debtor Nation
    Debtor Nation

    The national debt is over $30 trillion. The federal government ran an annual budget deficit in 52 of the last 57 years.

    By Jordan Campbell and Marc Joffe
    September 14, 2022

  • Projecting the funded ratios of state-managed pension plans
    Projecting the funded ratios of state-managed pension plans

    The funded ratios for 2022 are projections based on a -6% investment return, which may be overly optimistic for many pension systems.

    By Jordan Campbell
    July 21, 2022

  • Unfunded public pension liabilities are forecast to rise to $1.3 trillion in 2022
    Unfunded public pension liabilities are forecast to rise to $1.3 trillion in 2022

    The 2022 Public Pension Forecaster finds aggregate unfunded liabilities will jump back over $1 trillion if 2022 investment results end up at or below 0%. 

    By Truong Bui, Jordan Campbell and Zachary Christensen
    July 14, 2022

  • Modeling how public pension investments may perform over the next 30 years
    Modeling how public pension investments may perform over the next 30 years

    This tool runs a simulation of the investment performance of a hypothetical public pension portfolio over 30 years.

    By Jordan Campbell and Truong Bui
    January 31, 2022

  • State pension plan funded ratios in 2020
    State pension plan funded ratios in 2020

    Most state pension plans saw significant drops in funding in the last two decades.

    By Jordan Campbell and Zachary Christensen
    October 29, 2021

  • Investment return results for state pension plans
    Investment return results for state pension plans

    Tracking state-managed public pension plan investment return results for the latest fiscal year.

    By Anil Niraula
    September 23, 2021

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