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Social Security’s Financial Outlook: The 2006 Update in Perspective

April 20, 2006
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Issue Brief by Alicia H. Munnell

Introduction

The Social Security Trustees have just issued their 2006 Report on the financial outlook for the system. The Report uses three sets of cost assumptions — high, low, and intermediate. This brief focuses on the intermediate assumptions and puts this year’s numbers in perspective…

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Munnell, Alicia H.. 2006. "Social Security's Financial Outlook: The 2006 Update in Perspective" Issue in Brief 46. Chestnut Hill, MA: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.

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