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The Fragility of Public Pension Systems In April 2025, financial markets experienced a sudden and sharp decline, triggered by the Trump administration’s aggressive tariff proposals. […]
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The latest issue brief from Equable Institute reveals that rising teacher retirement costs driven by pension debt are placing significant financial pressure on K–12 school […]
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Equable Institute’s recent issue brief on education funding cuts driven by growing teacher retirement costs identified several key problems states and school districts face as […]
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Last week, Equable released an issue brief estimating the total losses of the Top 25 pension investment funds in 2025 (through April 8th), following the […]
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On Jan. 5, 2025, President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act, that eliminated the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO). This […]
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The funded status for state and local pension plans improved in 2024, propelled forward by solid financial market performance. Yet, public pension plans are still […]
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State and local governments paid a record amount into their public retirement systems in 2023 — 30.4% of the salaries paid to public workers, or […]
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There are at least 21 state and local public pension funds that could be affected by the recently approved law forcing a sale of TikTok. […]