- by Robert Crump The State of New Hampshire is scheduled to issue $80 million in Capital Improvement Bonds this week. The competitive sale is scheduled for February 20th with an amortization period between 2020 and 2039. Proceeds from the sale of the Bonds will be...
Demographics
Fiscal Contagion: When Distressed Municipalities Put States and Local Clusters at Risk
by Richard A. Ciccarone When a municipal government suffers severe fiscal problems, be it a city, county, school district, utility district, or any other special purpose government, those problems have a tendency to impact or be shared by other governments. Bond...
U.S. Demographic Shifts: Millennials Now Comprise One Quarter of Population
by Mardee Handler Move over, baby boomers, millennials are taking over the country - and not just when it comes to smart phones and social media. The U.S. Census Bureau recently released a report saying that, as of July 1, 2014, millennials number 83.1 million,...
Educational Attainment Links to Economic Gain
By Mardee Handler As the U.S. population becomes more educated, it appears that education continues to pay dividends. Latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows an increasing level of educational attainment among the nation’s population age 25 and older. According...
Baltimore Welcomes Immigrant Population
by Mardee Handler The foreign-born population plays an integral role in Baltimore, Maryland’s goal to grow its population by 10,000 families over the next decade. Like many other cities dependent on the manufacturing industry, Baltimore’s economy has been...
Metro Area GDP Trends Suggest Potential Population Shifts in the Making
By Richard Ciccarone The majority of U.S. metro areas experienced economic growth in 2013, according to recent data released by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Gross domestic product (GDP) by metro area, defined as the “sub-state counterpart of the nation’s...
Do Sports Teams and Venues Have a Significant Impact on Local Economies?
by Mardee Handler The economic benefit of major league sports teams, international mega-events and sport venues has become a particularly contentious public finance issue over the past few decades, according to Robert Baade, Ph.D., Professor of Economics and Business...
Immigration and Domestic Migration Affect U.S. States Differently
by guest contributor Peter Fugiel, Ph.D. After years of stalemate, it appears likely that immigration will be debated seriously in the U.S. Congress. The current law’s favoring of close relatives rather than employment-related immigration will likely be examined, and...
Mining the Web: U.S. Prison Population on the Decline
The Pew Public Safety Performance Project (PSPP) recently released a project updated entitled, “U.S. Prison Count Continues to Drop.” The update says that after nearly four decades of “explosive growth,” the U.S. prison population declined for two years in a row (from...
A New Way to Look at U.S. Demographic Data
updated March 7, 2013 - Once upon a time, data was, well, a little boring - and, often, overwhelming. Numbers... tables... more numbers. Now, through the use of data visualization tools, some of which are even interactive, the U.S. Census Bureau has breathed new life...