Tag: 401k contributions

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How unusual is a 10-percent 401(k) contribution – with no required employee contribution? A reporter asked recently what I thought of the new 401(k) contribution rate in the United Auto Workers (UAW) agreement with Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis.  The companies have agreed to increase their 401(k) contributions from 6.4 percent 10 percent of pay…

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The brief’s key findings are: To encourage Americans to save more for retirement, some suggest raising 401(k) contribution limits. To assess such an option, this analysis estimates the effects of a 2001 increase in 401(k) limits that also introduced a higher “catch-up” limit for those 50 and over. The increase in the limits did boost…