Tag: Implicit debt

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Social Security Implicit Debt Not Binding

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October 6, 2014

European proposal to add public pension implicit debt not relevant to U.S. At a recent OECD meeting on public pensions, I was asked to consider whether public pension implicit debt is a useful measure to assess fiscal sustainability.  Apparently with the endorsement of the European System of Accounts 2010, European countries will have to report…