Retirement
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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 -
Nearly 120,000 callers spent 5 minutes or longer waiting for a Thrift Savings Plan call representative to pick up the phone last month, a metric that's well short of the TSP agency's customer service goals.
February 26, 2018 -
The fund where federal workers have most of their retirement nest egg returned 2.3 percent last year, while the fund where they have the least amount invested returned 25.4 percent. What's wrong with this picture?
February 22, 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 -
Federal retirement expert Tammy Flanagan joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to shine some light on more recent retirement statistics.
February 21, 2018 -
Did the recent stock market nosedive send you moving money from the stock indexed C and S funds into the G fund for safety? If so, was that a smart move?
February 20, 2018 -
Did the stock market mini-correction a few weeks back make you nervous? Did it cause you to shift money in the stock-indexed C, S and I funds into the "safety" of the Treasury securities G fund? Was that wise? Find out when financial planner Arthur Stein joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn. February 21, 2018
February 20, 2018 -
How would President Donald Trump's proposed 2019 budget affect federal workers? Find out when Tony Reardon, national president of the National Treasury Employees Union, joins host Derrick Dorth on this week's Fed Access. February 26, 2018
February 16, 2018 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey hopes this cheers up active and retired federal workers in sticker shock over the new White House budget.
February 15, 2018 -
Mike Causey says if Congress approves the 2019 budget, current and future employees under FERS could get smaller starting annuities when they retire.
February 14, 2018 -
The White House proposed a number of changes that would dramatically reshape the federal workforce and how federal workers are compensated.
February 14, 2018 -
How does the 2017 Tax Act affect your tax and estate plan? Find out when Washington area estate tax attorney Thomas O'Rourke joins host Mike Causey on this week's Your Turn. February 14, 2018
February 13, 2018 -
President Donald Trump's fiscal 2019 budget request includes several other recommendations that would change current retirement, health and other benefits for federal employees.
February 12, 2018 -
The federal retirement system, called FERS, was under heavy political assault in 2017? What are the chances this will continue into 2018?
February 08, 2018 -
A highly-respected New York financial writer predicted that the U.S. stock market was long overdue for a correction of the type we saw on Monday.
February 07, 2018