@lucydadayan Whoa! I never tweet but just saw this. @lucydadayan, I certainly don't deserve this but truly appreciate it. It was always a great pleasure to work with you. Those were good days.
Special Report: Donald J. Boyd and @MattHJensen examine how the repeal of the #SALT cap in 2021 would affect federal revenue and the tax liabilities of taxpayers in each of the 50 states. https://t.co/E1DggXOAbF
State-by-state impacts of raising #SALT cap to $80,000, with @MattHJensen, at AEIdeas https://t.co/6CvEJR4qUE and Bond Buyer https://t.co/dRrI7DCrzd. @RockefellerColl
@NYSComptroller@EjmEj Congratulations, Bob! You've always had the best interests of New York at heart, and have always been super-thoughtful about what you do. Good luck in your next new endeavor, which I know will be exciting.
@andersonfrailey @PabloMaceda @matplotlib@SpotifyPlatform Very interesting! I love Nashville Skyline, although the plots seem not as interesting as those on some other albums. Thanks!
@biggsag@OS_Mitchell@pensionsnews ...funding approach assumes, consistent with long-run historical returns. Some might object that returns aren't guaranteed and future taxpayers could be at risk, but the lottery is a long-term investor with predictable payouts. There's a model for this.
@biggsag@OS_Mitchell@pensionsnews Solution: Instead of funding lottery annuity prizes with Treasury securities and insurance company annuities, state lottery fund should invest in a mix of equities, fixed investments, and alternatives. It could earn a much higher return - maybe 7% - than the current "safe"...
@cate_long@luisferre Not as pessimistic as it sounds: revenue down 82% from prior forecast. Reflects # rentals less than half of prior forecast, and prices lower, too. So there is price effect and it is reduction from expected growth, not current level. But agree, revenue data needed (when avail).
@marywalshnyt Reinsdorf, Marshall, David Lenze, and Dylan Rassier. “Bringing Actuarial Measures of Defined Benefit Pensions into the US National Accounts.” In IARIW 33rd General Conference, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 2014. https://t.co/rEczpv79CN.
@marywalshnyt They count benefits for the current workforce generally reflecting service rendered but taking expected salary increases into account. The entry point to this is...
@marywalshnyt (3) the Federal Reserve Financial Accounts of the United States do not follow some sort of (nonexistent) uniform set of standards, although they are quite cohesive and coherent, ...and
@marywalshnyt (8) and thus the most recent estimate from FRB of state-local unfunded liabilities, at year-end 2019, is $4.1 trillion, which is a good ~$2 trillion higher than...