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Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy Karen Dynan, the chief economist of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, spoke about retirement savings. She discussed President Obama’s proposal for …

Policy experts talked about helping Americans save more for retirement. They discussed Social Security, individual retirement accounts (IRAs), and refundable tax credits. “Raising Awaren…

Policy experts talked about helping Americans save more for retirement. They discussed social security, individual retirement accounts, and refundable tax credits. “The State of Research …

Christian Weller and Diana Furchtgott-Roth talked about the implications of Standard and Poor’s downgrade of the credit ratings of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and other agencies linked to lon…

Andrew Biggs and Christian Weller talked about their assumptions and conclusions of a Congressional Budget Office report asserting that current federal spending projections indicate a rise …

A hearing was held on the effect of the financial crisis on pension funds and workers' directed retirement accounts, such as 401(k) plans. Congressional Budget Office Director Peter Orszag s…

Christian Weller talked about his testifimony in front of the House Education and Labor Committee on Tuesday, October 7, 2008, on the impact of the financial situation and of the rescue bill…

The Senate Special Aging Committee held a hearing on improving the ways Americans can save for their retirement. The hearing focused on the need to protect and strengthen 401(k) retirement s…

Senator Ron Wyden delivered the keynote speech. He talked about his proposed legislation for creating a five-star safety rating system for consumer credit cards. Following his speech, the…