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Americans just can't leave retirement savings alone

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Feb 13, 2017
For each dollar saved, 40 cents is withdrawn. Social scientists have a solution.
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Chicago public schools face financial crisis

by Amy Scott
Oct 11, 2016
The school is reeling from funding cutbacks and mounting debts.
Chicago teachers picketing during a one-day strike in April. 
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In Japan, seniors are half of all welfare recipients

by Adam Allington
Aug 22, 2016
A growing number of seniors, and not enough workers, has put stress on pensions.
Elderly women choose vegetables from a vendor at a temple in Tokyo.
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States debut retirement funds as savings crisis looms

by Lewis Wallace
Jul 28, 2016
Connecticut and Maryland are the latest to pass bills creating their own investment tools
An elderly couple walk along a wooden walkway on vacation in Germany.
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Public pension returns could be worst in 15 years

by Amy Scott
Jul 27, 2016
In 2001, the return was just over 12 percent. This year it could be 7.5 percent.
Long-term returns for pensions are forecast to drop to about 7.5 percent.
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Investment returns falter at CalPERS

by Annie Baxter
Jul 19, 2016
The nation's largest public pension fund posted a gain far below expectations.
: The California Public Employees' Retirement System building in Sacramento, California. 
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Stranded — Puerto Rico in debt

Puerto Rico's pensions — The money's running out

by Andy Uhler
Apr 15, 2016
Many Puerto Ricans are worried about their retirement money in the face of the territory's debt crisis.
A view of the Puerto Rico landscape.
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US cities facing issues over pension packages

by Andy Uhler
Apr 7, 2016
Philadelphia alone has a $6 billion pension deficit.
People, mostly union and retired city workers, protest in front of the U.S. Courthouse during the beginning of Detroit's bankruptcy eligibility trial back in 2013. 
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Pension advances draw scrutiny

by Mitchell Hartman
Sep 29, 2015
Are plans that buy future pension payments for a lump sum basically pricey loans?
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How bad are Chicago's debt problems, really?

by Dan Weissmann
Jun 9, 2015
...and how did our third-largest city end up with a junk-bond rating from Moody's?
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