Document Type

Report

Publication Date

6-13-2025

Publication Title

Elections & Governance Fact Sheet No. 10

Publisher

The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West

First page number:

1

Last page number:

2

Abstract

This fact sheet presents data on rainy day funds for fiscal year 2024 in the five Mountain West states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah, as originally reported in the 2025 Governing Magazine article, “Growth of State Rainy Day Funds Has Slowed Down.” These data capture the number of days each state could fund state government operations using only rainy day funds, which represent the money states set aside to maintain operations during economic downturns or fiscal stress.

Keywords

Government; Emergency fund; State funding; State budgets; Budget reserve; Fiscal policy; Nevada; Mountain West

Disciplines

Economic Policy | Economics | Emergency and Disaster Management | Growth and Development | Public Policy | Urban Studies and Planning

File Format

pdf

File Size

99 KB

Language

English

Publisher Citation

Polagani, A., Noll, C., Sharma, K., Saladino, C.J., Brown, W.E. (2025). Rainy Day Funds in Mountain West States, FY2024. The Data Hub at The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West. Elections & Governance Fact Sheet No. 10, 1-2.


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