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  2. Alaska Permanent Fund - Wikipedia

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    The Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) is a dividend paid to Alaska residents that have lived within the state for a full calendar year (January 1 – December 31), and intend to remain an Alaska resident indefinitely. [15] This means if residency is taken on January 2, the "calendar year" would not start until next January 1.

  3. History of Federal Open Market Committee actions - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Open Market Committee action known as Operation Twist (named for the twist dance craze of the time [1]) began in 1961. The intent was to flatten the yield curve in order to promote capital inflows and strengthen the dollar. The Fed utilized open market operations to shorten the maturity of public debt in the open market.

  4. Franklin Templeton Investments - Wikipedia

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    Franklin Resources, Inc. [1] Franklin Resources, Inc. is an American multinational holding company that, together with its subsidiaries, is referred to as Franklin Templeton; it is a global investment firm founded in New York City in 1947 as Franklin Distributors, Inc. It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BEN, in ...

  5. Public Investment Fund - Wikipedia

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    AUM. US$ 925 billion ( £ 726.3 billion) [1] Website. pif .gov .sa. The Public Investment Fund ( PIF; Arabic: صندوق الاستثمارات العامة) is the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia. It is among the largest sovereign wealth funds in the world with total estimated assets of US$ 925 billion ( £ 726.3 billion). [2]

  6. Campaign finance in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The financing of electoral campaigns in the United States happens at the federal, state, and local levels by contributions from individuals, corporations, political action committees, and sometimes the government. Campaign spending has risen steadily at least since 1990. For example, a candidate who won an election to the House of ...

  7. Public image of Narendra Modi - Wikipedia

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    Perception through the years Journalist Ashis Nandy, who is also a trained psychologist, was one of the first to interview Modi when the latter was an RSS pracharak (missionary) at the height of the Ram Janmabhoomi campaign in the early 1990s. At that time in Modi, he found "a classic, clinical case of a fascist". Soon after becoming the chief minister of Gujarat, the state was convulsed by ...

  8. Public finance - Wikipedia

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    Portal. v. t. e. Public finance is the study of the role of the government in the economy. [1] It is the branch of economics that assesses the government revenue and government expenditure of the public authorities and the adjustment of one or the other to achieve desirable effects and avoid undesirable ones. [2]

  9. CalPERS - Wikipedia

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    calpers.ca.gov. The California Public Employees' Retirement System ( CalPERS) is an agency in the California executive branch that "manages pension and health benefits for more than 1.5 million California public employees, retirees, and their families". [1] [3] In fiscal year 2020–21, CalPERS paid over $27.4 billion in retirement benefits, [4 ...