Benefits
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Senior Correspondent Mike Causey examines why feds sometimes have to tighten their belts for the first few months of retirement.
March 13, 2018 -
How long will the current bull market last and what should you do to prepare for the inevitable correction? Find out when certified financial planner Arthur Stein joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn radio show. March 14, 2018
March 13, 2018 -
A huge number of federal workers are eligible to retire right now. That doesn’t mean they are going to leave. But they could.
March 12, 2018 -
Tune in this week for our special Women’s History Month show to learn about some of the greatest female contributions to history, culture, and society. March 8, 2018
March 08, 2018 -
The White House wants to freeze federal pay, raise employee contributions to the pension fund and cut benefits when they retire.
March 07, 2018 -
GAO report found SSA in violation of Federal Vacancies Reform Act after agency goes 5 years without appointed commissioner, or even a nominee.
March 07, 2018 -
What are the top reasons federal workers are retiring in droves? Is it fear and loathing of the Trump administration, changes in the stock market or something else?
March 06, 2018 -
Are federal workers retiring in larger numbers? Are we on the verge of the so-called retirement tsunami that experts have been predicting for years? Find out when Federal News Radio reporter Nicole Ogrysko joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn. March 7, 2018
March 06, 2018 -
For the first time, total assets in the Thrift Savings Plan's C fund matched total assets in the G fund.
March 02, 2018 -
Many financial planners urge clients investing for retirement to take the long-view. For many investors that is easier said than done.
March 02, 2018 -
It's a scientific fact that 62 percent of all federal workers in the Washington area born before 1994 suffer from advanced déjà vu syndrome.
March 01, 2018 -
Returns from the Thrift Savings Plan took a sharp downturn in February, reflecting corrections in the stock market that made for a volatile month.
March 01, 2018 -
If somebody said your federal pension plan needs $152 billion in nip and tuck surgery, would you be alarmed? Maybe you should be, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.
February 27, 2018 -
Most people retiring from the federal government are at least as well off as their retired private-sector friends and neighbors, in many cases better off.
February 26, 2018 -
Politicians up for reelection in November may want to back off efforts to fold, staple or mutilate federal civil service retirement programs.
February 21, 2018