Inflation Proofing the Permanent Fund

Posted on January 27, 2020November 17, 2020 by Ed King

There was a little bit of a sparring match during the PFD working group meeting last week. Senators Hughes and Stedman seemed to have different impressions about the Percent of Market Value (POMV) approach to managing the Permanent Fund. But, the fireworks came in the form of a misunderstanding about how inflation proofing works. Let’s[…]

Exploring Alaska’s Budget: Part 5 – FY20 Budget Issues

Posted on October 29, 2018November 17, 2020 by Ed King

We’ve looked at Alaska’s budget for the past month. In part 1, we learned some terminology. Then, in part 2, we explored what we buy with all that money. In parts 3 and 4, we analyzed where the budget growth occurred during the high oil price years, and how we got the budget back under[…]