Archive: Annika Sundén
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The brief’s key findings are: The economic crisis has posed a ‘stress test’ for the automatic benefit adjustments in Sweden’s pension system. Slow wage growth and a collapse in equity values triggered a first-time benefit cut for 2010. Policymakers have revised the automatic adjustments, however, to moderate the decline. Thus, even automatic adjustments may b…
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Introduction The release of the Federal Reserve’s 2004 Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) is a wonderful opportunity to re-assess the role that 401(k) plans are playing in the provision of retirement income. The SCF is a triennial survey of a nationally representative sample of U.S. households, which collects detailed information on households’ assets, liabilities, and…