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The Outlook for Pension Contributions and Profits in the U.S.

Working Paper by and

June 1, 2003

Abstract This paper addresses the relationship between defined benefit pension plans and corporate profits and examines the outlook for defined benefit plans in the wake of the bear market. Due to a soaring stock market during the extended bull market of 1982-2000, together with federal regulations and legislation that shifted funding requirements forward, pension contributions…