Unfunded pension liabilities drastically underestimated

Fiscal Policy, Policy — By Online Editor on July 30, 2010 at 8:30 AM

(NCAP) Recent reports state that due to over-estimated discount rates, the public employee retirement pension liabilities of many state and local governments have been under-estimated by 75-86 percent.

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