Fiscal Policy

Indicador econĂłmico: Deuda pĂşblica total

¿Qué nos dice el indicador? Una manera de examinar la sustentabilidad del Gobierno es analizando la proporción entre la deuda pública y el producto nacional bruto (PNB) a precios corrientes.

UPR

Muchos de mis familiares han tenido la oportunidad de estudiar en la Universidad de Puerto Rico. Me imagino que eso es cierto para muchas personas. Pero, últimamente me he dado cuenta que, aunque yo no estudié allí, el impacto de la UPR sobre mí ha sido mucho más de lo que pensaba.

Proposal for a Post-Partisan Fiscal Policy

There has been a heated public debate recently regarding the Commonwealth’s General Fund budget for fiscal year 2008. This debate has concentrated, specifically, on the financing mechanism that will be used to plug the $1 billion gap between exprected revenues of $8.488 billion and budgeted expenditures of $9.488 billion.

Indicador econĂłmico: Deuda pĂşblica

¿Qué nos dice el indicador? La deuda pública de Puerto Rico ha aumentado de $24,188.8 millones al 30 de junio de 2000 a $46,183.3 millones al 30 de junio de 2007, un aumento de $21,994.5 millones, o un 90% en siente años. Este aumento es equivalente a una tasa anual de crecimiento de 9.68% durante ese periodo.

Sunlight, the best disinfectant

The work of democracy, ostensibly government in the name of the people, cannot be carried out behind the closed doors of proverbial smoke-filled roomes for it to be done properly. Without accountability and transparency, democracy rapidly devolves into either the tyranny of the majority or, perhaps worse, the tyranny of the minority.

Confianza

Si bien es cierto que Puerto Rico tiene ante sí muchos retos económicos, más problemático aun, y más pernicioso, me parece a mí que es el triste estado de nuestras instituciones.

Equal Treatment of P.R. in U.S. Census

Last week, the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, led by Del. Donna M. Christensen (D-U.S.V.I.), and the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Subcommittee on Informacion Policy, Census, and National Archives, led by Rep. William Lacy Clay (D-Mo.), held a joint oversight hearing on “Census Data: Special Issues Related to U.S. Territories.”

Fiscal Situation Update: Fiscal Year 2008-2009 Budget

This Fiscal Update Report prepared by the Center for a New Economy (CNE) presents an independent analysis of the proposals contained in the Governor’s budget request for fiscal year 2008-2009. The analysis is based on CNE’s evaluation and interpretation of the budget data, rather than the Administration’s, and may incorporate estimates made by CNE’s staff or by other private sector analysts.