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America's Hidden Education Funding Cuts
A new report from Equable Institute examining the impact of growing teacher pension unfunded liabilities on state K-12 education budgets finds that the share of state education spending going to pension costs has nearly doubled from 7.5% in 2001 to 14.4% in 2018. The report is the first of its kind to quantify the effects of growing unfunded liabilities on the education system in detail.
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Selected Features
U.S. Public Pension Investment Losses Approaching $1 Trillion
The global rout of financial markets this year is putting pressure on state and local government pension funds in the U.S., many of which were […]
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Calm Amid the Chaos: Wisconsin’s Pension System and the 2008 Financial Crisis
Download The Case Study | Calm Amid the Chaos: Wisconsin’s Pension System and the 2008 Financial Crisis Between September and December of 2008, as investors […]
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Funded Status Updates for State and Local Pension Plans
The Center for State & Local Government Excellence, together with the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, published a brief on the funded status […]
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Why Equable Institute Cares about Retirement Security
For America’s states and local governments to function properly and thrive — that is, to provide effective and efficient governance — the institutions within its […]
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Why COLAs Matter for Retirement Security
Everyone has their favorite moment of realizing the effects of inflation. Just five cents for a bottle of Coke? You’d be lucky to get that […]
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Pension Funds Lower Assumed Rates of Return as Economic Growth Slows
Investment returns make up more than 60 percent of the revenues that public pension plans need to ensure their financial stability, so it’s imperative that […]
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Why States Don’t Pay Their Pension Bills
One of the primary factors driving state and local unfunded pension liabilities is the failure of governments to always pay their pension bills, known as […]
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The 80% Pension Funding Standard Myth
An 80% funded ratio often has been cited in recent years as a basis for whether a pension plan is financially or “actuarially” sound. Left […]
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The latest pension & retirement news
New Jersey Pension Fund, Trenton, sustained a negative return of more than 13% from the beginning of its fiscal year on July 1 through Monday, […]
Source: P&I Online
A plan that would increase contributions from public workers and the state to the Public Employees Retirement Association to get the pension system on a […]
Source: NM Political Report
While contributions to state and local pension plans are growing steadily, there remains considerable downside risk to the credit quality of sponsoring governments due to […]
Source: Pensions & Investments
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