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Special Districts

I am uploading a special issue of Fiscal Stress Monitor from my “wayback machine” devoted to special districts. This, in response to some great discussion on Twitter about the de-districting of Reedy Creek Improvement District (RCID) in Florida. Special districts,… Continue Reading →

Tariffs, COVID, War, Extreme Weather, Inflation, Oh My!

Who imagined that the supply chain that feeds, clothes, shelters, and transports us would be subject to this sequence of events over less than half a decade?  We did a “Google Trend” search on the term “unprecedented” and found the… Continue Reading →

Climate Change and Public Sector Capital Planning

We upload a presentation that we gave to state legislators in Minnesota, focussed on climate change and capital investment. In it, there are links to some core resources you might find useful. Some states and local governments are now beginning… Continue Reading →

Who Owns Municipal Bonds? (and a few related thoughts)

We take a trip through the latest Federal Reserve (FR) Z.1 report data relating to municipal bonds, holders and related credit factors such as public pension funding and consumer debt such as student loans. Following tax reform, which lowered corporate… Continue Reading →

When “E” and “S” in ESG Collide

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed social inequalities in healthcare, the division of labor and wealth for those without property or money in financial markets. Russia’s war against the people of Ukraine has exposed our global reliance on oil and gas, as… Continue Reading →

ESG Investing, Some Thoughts

Demand for securities that comply with Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria has continued to mount, especially since publication of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) latest reports which highlight the existential challenge that climate change poses to life… Continue Reading →

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