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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

US pension insurer ran record $62B deficit in 2014

The federal agency that insures pensions for about 41 million Americans saw its deficit nearly double in the latest fiscal year. The agency said the worsening finances of some multi-employer pension plans mainly caused the increased deficit.

At about $62 billion for the budget year ending Sept. 30, it was the widest deficit in the 40-year history of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., which reported the data Monday. That compares with a $36 billion shortfall the previous year.

Multi-employer plans are pension agreements between labor unions and a group of companies, usually in the same industry. The agency said the deficit in its multi-employer insurance program jumped to $42.4 billion from $8.3 billion in 2013.

By contrast, the deficit in the single-employer program shrank to $19.3 billion from $27.4 billion as the economy strengthened, the PBGC said.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

An ill conceived idea from the beginning. As an employer, if you can't fund the pension......there is no pension. Pensions are like fax machines> outdated. Defined benefit pensions are a thing of the past and need to be frozen and the 401k installed. YOu have to take responsibility for your own retirement.