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Is it safe to put your retirement nest egg in the never-has-a-bad-day (or many good days) G fund? Or go for the stock index or L funds which go up and down but mostly up in recent years?
If the 2022 mid-term elections are as energized as some experts predict, it could produce a Congress that might repeal or modify two 1980s laws.
The Biden administration is planning on an average 2.7% federal pay raise for most civilian employees in 2022, but for many seasoned feds, next year's salary is anything but certain.
Whatever the reason, whether your life is a bed of roses or a getting-worse-nightmare, there are things you can do now to insure what you leave will go to who you want.
The good news for most white collar civilian federal workers is that President Joe Biden wants them to have a 2.7% raise in January, 2022.
The White House gave its clearest indication yet on where it's going with federal pay in 2022.
President Biden has formally recommended a 2.7% federal pay raise for most civilian employees in 2022, which includes 0.5% locality pay adjustment.
About 89% of participants said they're satisfied with the Thrift Savings Plan in 2021, a 2% bump over last year. The TSP attributes the slight increase to improved satisfaction among military members in the blended retirement system.
Do you suffer from pension envy? Many current and retired federal employees do!
With inflation on the rise, a growing number of feds are crunching the numbers to weigh the financial benefits of working another year or two.
When they leave government, either for other jobs or to retire, more than half of all TSP investors take some, or often all, of their money with them.
About 3,500 federal firefighters at the Interior Department and 11,300 others at the Agriculture Department's Forest Service will see pay raises to meet a $15 an hour threshold. Federal employees should see the raises in their paychecks starting next week, both departments said.
By avoiding some common mistakes, you can prepare yourself for a much easier retirement.
If they made a movie about a government janitor who legally became a millionaire, would you see it? Would you believe it?