GFOA, GASB to end use of a racially offensive acronym ‘CAFR’ – The Bond Buyer*

Comment: On Twitter, GFOA says banning the term "CAFR" will have a "widespread impact on the government finance industry."
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Mike
5 years ago

The link is broke. Here is the GFOA explanation. CAFR sounds like a South African slur.

http://www.gfoa.org/eta-faq

debtsor
5 years ago

This is so stupid. Like really, really stupid.

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