The “Chained CPI” and Your Federal Retirement Package
The “chained CPI” seems more likely than it did when the concept was first announced. What is the chained CPI and how would it impact current and future federal retirees?
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The “chained CPI” seems more likely than it did when the concept was first announced. What is the chained CPI and how would it impact current and future federal retirees?
Did you know that your FERS retirement income will have some unique twists and turns? Your retirement income will start, stop and change in ways that simply won’t compute in most financial planning calculators. Find out how your income will change, and what it means for your ‘Gap’.
The author details what you can expect to happen to your federal benefits if you pass away during retirement.
What is the overall impact of the pay freeze on employees retiring in the near future? The author runs some hypothetical numbers to illustrate.
In the second article in the series, the author goes into some additional detail about the three basic aspects of the high-3 average pay calculation.
The House Republican Study Committee has released its 2014 budget blueprint which includes a number of proposed changes that would impact the federal workforce.
Facebook is one of the top holdings in the S Fund. The author offers some detail on what this means for TSP investors.
The author details what you can expect to happen to your federal benefits if you leave your government job before retiring.
The author, who is a retired federal employee, recounts how he left his government career to start a coffee farm in Colombia, South America.
Should the earnings cap for paying Social Security taxes be raised? The author says it has a downside and offers an analysis with examples.