State Fiscal Rankings

[GoodLife]

#1 Florida

#50 New Jersey

see all rankings here:

State Fiscal Rankings | Mercatus Center (https://www.mercatus.org/statefiscalrankings)

This ranking of the 50 states, reproduced from page 29 of the study, is based on their fiscal solvency in five separate categories:

Cash solvency. Does a state have enough cash on hand to cover its short-term bills?

Budget solvency. Can a state cover its fiscal year spending with current revenues, or does it have a budget shortfall?

Long-run solvency. Can a state meet its long-term spending commitments? Will there be enough money to cushion it from economic shocks or other long-term fiscal risks?

Service-level solvency. How much “fiscal slack” does a state have to increase spending if citizens demand more services?

Trust fund solvency. How large are each state’s unfunded pension and healthcare liabilities?

[Carla B]

Thanks! Really Interesting.

[ColdNoMore]

The Mercatus Center...enough said.


Anyone can Google it, discover where they get a big percentage of their funding....and make up their own mind on how fair and scientific their research really is.

[tophcfa]

As a general observation, the bottom of the list, with the exception of Kentucky, all appear to be tax and spend big government blue states?

[GoodLife]

The Mercatus Center...enough said.


Anyone can Google it, discover where they get a big percentage of their funding....and make up their own mind on how fair and scientific their research really is.

Similar states pop up as best and worst no matter who does the rankings.

The Best and Worst Run States in America: A Survey of All 50 - 24/7 Wall St. (http://247wallst.com/special-report/2014/12/03/the-best-and-worst-run-states-in-america-a-survey-of-all-50-3/6/)

Best- and worst-run states: Survey of all 50 (https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/11/22/best-worst-run-states/3671359/)

The Best and Worst Run States in America: A Survey of All 50 (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/best-worst-run-states-america-030403958.html)

[GoodLife]

As a general observation, the bottom of the list, with the exception of Kentucky, all appear to be tax and spend big government blue states?

There is a definite trend but I am sure the officials in New Jersey, New York, California and Illinois etc will tell you everything is just fine.