New Report Examines Innovative Public Pension Funding Strategies
New Report Examines Innovative Public Pension Funding Strategies Webinar on December 9th to Review Findings WASHINGTON, D.C., December 7, 2020 – As state and local governments face budget shortfalls in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and recession, a new report examines innovative funding strategies for public pension plans in California, Colorado, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, […]
Retirement has become more frustrating than a Rubik’s Cube
In a new Marketwatch column, NIRS executive director Dan Doonan writes that retirement has become a Rubik’s Cube for most Americans. “So many factors impact how much one is able to save during their working years, and there are even more considerations as one tries to spend down their nest egg so they don’t run […]
New Report Examines Medicaid’s Critical Role in Providing Long-Term Care Coverage for Older Americans
New Report Examines Medicaid’s Critical Role in Providing Long-Term Care Coverage for Older Americans Report Offers Policy Solutions To Address Unpredictable and Potentially Catastrophic Costs Of Long-Term Care Webinar on October 21st to Review Findings WASHINGTON, D.C., October 14, 2020 – With healthcare and long-term care costs rising at much higher rates than wages or […]
Rising Risk Coupled with Escalating Housing, Healthcare and Long-Term Care Costs Increasingly Threaten Americans’ Financial Security in Retirement New Report from the National Institute on Retirement Security Offers Four Policy Solutions to Strengthen Retirement Outcomes Webinar on September 16th to Review Findings WASHINGTON, D.C., September 9, 2020 – The burden of preparing for retirement is […]
COVID-19 Recession is Destroying Millennials’ Retirement Dreams
A commentary piece published by MarketWatch, Tyler Bond, NIRS research manager, examines the grim retirement outlook for Millennials. Let’s face it, millennials’ economic outlook has been fragile at best. We graduated from high school and college into a weak job market. The most educated generation in history entered the workforce with unprecedented student debt thanks […]
NEW REPORT: GENDER PAY GAP PERSISTS INTO RETIREMENT Older Women Receive About 80% of Retirement Income That Older Men Receive, Mirroring the Gender Pay Gap Caregiving Has Highly Detrimental Impact on Women’s Retirement Preparedness While Divorce Presents Complex Issues for Retirement Savings Webinar on May 12th to Review Findings WASHINGTON, D.C., May 7, 2020 […]
NIRS Reponds to The New York Times on Public Pensions
In response to a New York Times article published April 2, 2020, article regarding public pensions, NIRS writes that characterizing these retirement plans that serve 15 million working and 11 million retired employees of state and local government as “time bombs” borders on journalistic malpractice. Indeed, public pension funds face challenges that will arise because […]
The Tough Retirement Challenges of Rural Americans
Next Avenue reports: The report emphasizes how important public pension dollars are to rural areas. In fact, the researchers said, public pensions are one of the few available incentives to attract and keep public workers in rural communities. In much of rural America, the largest employers are public entities, such as a school district. The […]
Public pensions buoy economies of small towns, rural communities
BenefitsPro reports: “Don’t mess with public pensions. Unless, that is, you want small towns and rural communities to suffer. That could be one way to interpret some of the findings of a report from the National Institute on Retirement Security. The report reveals that not only do such communities experience an outsized benefit from those pensions, […]
Public Pension Benefit Spending Provides Substantial Economic Impact on Rural Communities And Small Towns
Public Pension Benefit Spending Provides Substantial Economic Impact on Rural Communities And Small Towns Across U.S. New Report Released Today at NIRS Annual Retirement Policy Conference Details Impact Across 19 States Live Webcast of Conference Today Starting at 9:15 AM ET Webinar on March 12th to Review Findings WASHINGTON, D.C., March 3, 2020 – […]
