Presidents Day 2024: Financial State of the Cities

Let’s look at the 2024 Financial State of the Cities, the annual report from Truth in Accounting. This one is based on the reports coming from FY2022, so there is a lag, as you can tell. I focus specifically on New York City, the city coming in dead last, as well as a coming development in “machine-readable” data for state and local financial reporting.Episode LinksTruth in Accounting’s FSOC 2024PDF: https://www.truthinaccounting.org/library/doclib/Financial-State-of-the-Cities-2024.pdfA few graphsA couple “random” towns I didn’t talk about:In accounting terms, black is good, red is badWebinar:Financial Data Transparency ActLiz Farmer: 3 issues to watch in a landmark year for government financial data DebtBook: Get the FDTA PlaybookRelated Links2020: Taxing Tuesday Special: State of the Cities from Truth in Accounting  STUMP - Meep on public finance, pensions, mortality and more is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to STUMP - Meep on public finance, pensions, mortality and more at marypatcampbell.substack.com/subscribe