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SEC Says Illinois Hid Pension Troubles
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Funding the budget and pension deficit in the U.S state of Illinois
10/16/2010
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Wall Street Journal 10/30/2013
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Illinois Legislature Approves Retiree Benefit Cuts in Troubled Pension System
New York Times 12/03/2013
American states' pension funds: A gold-plated burden
Economist 10/16/2010
Chicago Mayor Seeks Alterations to Repair Badly Underfunded Pension Plan
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For Some Bond Investors, Chicago Isn’t Their Kind of Town
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Illinois credit ratings
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Illinois Suffers Credit Downgrade
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Illinois Pension Plans Should Go Dutch
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SEC Says Illinois Hid Pension Troubles
Wall Street Journal 03/12/2013
How Bad Is the Crisis in Illinois? It Has $14.6 Billion in Unpaid Bills
WSJ 06/27/2017
How U.S. states overstate the extent to which pensions are funded.
10/16/2010
Using a discount rate of 4% (for government borrowing costs) would correctly show the extent to which pensions are funded in Illinois, than the rate currently used rate of 8%. Using Illinois methods Dutch plans would be 200% funded says an expert in Holland. With lower savings of American workers as they approach retirement adequately funded pension systems are critical to the safety net.
Grouped Articles
Pension Pinch Busts City Budgets
Wall Street Journal 10/30/2013
Illinois Pension Fix Faces Political Test
Wall Street Journal 12/01/2013
Illinois Legislature Approves Retiree Benefit Cuts in Troubled Pension System
New York Times 12/03/2013
American states' pension funds: A gold-plated burden
Economist 10/16/2010
Wall Street Journal 03/05/2012
Chicago Mayor Seeks Alterations to Repair Badly Underfunded Pension Plan
New York Times 04/01/2014
The U.S. State Budget Crisis Task Force Report on Illinois's finances
01/05/2011
The task force led by Richard Ravitch and Paul Volcker has strong words for the dismal state of Illinois's finances describing the state's handling of its finances as an high-wire act without a safety net.
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Volcker Plans to Restore Faith in Government
New York Times 05/29/2013
Illinois Debt Takes Toll on Services, Study Finds
New York Times 10/24/2012
Wall Street Journal 10/25/2012
Recession-bruised states' revenue sank 30 percent in 2009, Census Bureau reports
Washington Post 01/05/2011
Illinois Pension Plans Should Go Dutch
Wall Street Journal 02/19/2011
SEC Says Illinois Hid Pension Troubles
Wall Street Journal 03/12/2013
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