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  • How Connecticut pensions can save $7 billion in interest costs over the next 30 years
    How Connecticut pensions can save $7 billion in interest costs over the next 30 years

    The Connecticut Pensions Dashboard explores various economic scenarios that could impact the state's public pension debt.

    By Mariana Trujillo, Jordan Campbell, Steve Vu and Truong Bui
    September 27, 2024

  • Forecast: State pension debt totals $1.3 trillion at the end of 2023
    Forecast: State pension debt totals $1.3 trillion at the end of 2023

    California, Illinois, New Jersey, and Texas have the most public pension debt.

    By Pension Integrity Project
    September 26, 2023

  • Comparing Alaska’s defined benefit and defined contribution retirement plans
    Comparing Alaska’s defined benefit and defined contribution retirement plans

    Most of Alaska’s public employees would be better served in the existing defined contribution plan.

    By Truong Bui, Zachary Christensen, Swaroop Bhagavatula and Jordan Campbell
    April 10, 2023

  • Continuum of risk for tobacco and nicotine products
    Continuum of risk for tobacco and nicotine products

    The Food and Drug Administration recognizes a continuum of risks for nicotine products, with cigarettes being the most dangerous.

    By Guy Bentley
    March 24, 2023

  • 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

  • Public Pension Plans Need to Put a Year of Good Investment Returns In Perspective
    Public Pension Plans Need to Put a Year of Good Investment Returns In Perspective

    A year or two of great returns will not resuscitate the public pension plans at risk of financial insolvency.

    By Truong Bui and Jordan Campbell
    June 30, 2021

  • How State Pension Funding Ratios Have Declined Over Time
    How State Pension Funding Ratios Have Declined Over Time

    Twenty years ago, state pension plans were nearly 100 percent funded, on average. Today they are roughly 72 percent funded.

    By Jordan Campbell and Zachary Christensen
    May 28, 2021

  • Analysis of Florida’s Pension Investment Performance and Future Outlook Reveal Need for Reform
    Analysis of Florida’s Pension Investment Performance and Future Outlook Reveal Need for Reform

    These interactive charts show why Florida Retirement System’s declining funding should concern the state’s employees and taxpayers.

    By Jordan Campbell
    March 29, 2021

  • Analysis of Texas School District Open Enrollment Data
    Analysis of Texas School District Open Enrollment Data

    Three percent of Texas students transferred to a traditional public school outside of their assigned school district in the 2018-2019 school year.

    By Jordan Campbell and Aaron Garth Smith
    March 3, 2021

  • The Relationship Between Public Pension Investments and Declining Bond Yields
    The Relationship Between Public Pension Investments and Declining Bond Yields

    As interest rates from fixed-income investments like corporate and government bonds decline, public pension plans have shifted assets away from these investment types.

    By Jordan Campbell
    February 25, 2021

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