Social Security Funding
The latest news and developments affecting Social Security funding, and how legislative moves may help or hurt the program.
Investors Watching France’s Economy Closely
By Marlene Y. SatterSkittish investors have been looking at France with a wary eye for some time. The economy is slow but it is moving.
March 26, 2014
Extra Medicare money helps TV stationsEconomists estimate that only about 20 percent of additional spending goes to consumers.
March 13, 2014
Group pension buy-outs experience strong sales in 2013Sales of pension risk buy-out products topped $3.8 billion in 2013, according to LIMRA.
February 05, 2014
Peer-to-peer, equity crowd-funding hit $6.4BThe U.S., U.K. and China constitute nearly all financial return crowd-funding, the U.S. accounting for 51 percent.
January 29, 2014
House passes abortion de-funding billH.R. 7 would put permanent restrictions on exchange plans.
January 17, 2014
Social Security asks for more enforcement fundingCongress has authorized $1.2 billion in program integrity money and provided $1 billion.
January 15, 2014
House Passes $1.1 Trillion Government BudgetLawmakers voted 359-67 to send the measure to the Senate, which is set to pass it later this week.
January 14, 2014
Congress unveils $1.1 trillion government funding billThe plan includes a Dodd-Frank study requirement but no efforts to block PPACA.