In the News • January 25, 2021
In a new MarketWatch column, Dan Doonan says President Joe Biden faces many challenges, from the coronavirus pandemic to high unemployment to widespread social unrest. He’s also facing resistance from Congress and a politically polarized nation. But where Biden’s efforts enjoy bipartisan support is solving the retirement savings crisis. Despite deep divides, Americans are united […]
In the News • January 15, 2021
In an interview with Yahoo Finance, Dan Doonan shares information about the substantial economic gains attributable to private and public sector pensions in the U.S. Retiree spending of pension benefits in 2018 generated $1.3 trillion in total economic output, supporting nearly seven million jobs across the nation. Pension spending also added nearly $192 billion to […]
In the News • November 5, 2020
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 […]
In the News • June 17, 2020
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 […]
In the News • March 13, 2020
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 […]
In the News • March 13, 2020
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, […]
In the News • January 17, 2020
CNBC reports that retirement income is often thought to come from three sources: Social Security, pensions and savings. “That combination is often called a three-legged stool, a metaphor for the money retirees use to support themselves once they are no longer working full time. However, a new report finds that very few retirees actually have […]
In the News • January 14, 2020
A Washington Post column says that Bernie Sanders is “a longtime Social Security champion and last year introduced legislation that would increase benefits for lower-income Americans, as well as change the cost-of-living formula to compensate for the higher inflation seniors experience thanks to their disproportionate medical spending.” “It’s tough to overstate how important Social Security […]
In the News • January 14, 2020
MarketWatch reports that “Democratic candidates have voiced their opinions on climate change, universal health care and the current president for months, but Tuesday marks the seventh and last debate before primary voting begins — and they still haven’t talked much about Americans’ future financial security.” Although their positions may be similar, considering they’re all Democrats, […]