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Last month, 13,290 federal employees filed retirement claims with OPM, the highest number in a February since 2013.
2017's retirement numbers paled in comparison to those of the mid-years of the Obama administration.
For the first time, total assets in the Thrift Savings Plan's C fund matched total assets in the G fund.
Many financial planners urge clients investing for retirement to take the long-view. For many investors that is easier said than done.
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.
Returns from the Thrift Savings Plan took a sharp downturn in February, reflecting corrections in the stock market that made for a volatile month.
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.
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.
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.
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?
Politicians up for reelection in November may want to back off efforts to fold, staple or mutilate federal civil service retirement programs.
Federal retirement expert Tammy Flanagan joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to shine some light on more recent retirement statistics.
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?
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