June 22, 2009
As the first cohort of the baby boom generation this year hits 63—which is the average age of retirement in the U.S.—the big question is: Are they financially ready to...
June 8, 2009
Federal entitlement programs are critical to retirement security, but these programs are rapidly moving into the red. New projections by the trustees of the Social ...
March 2, 2009
It will be months or years before the definitive history is written of the mix of factors that led to the great credit market and economic retreat of 2008-09. What's ...
January 22, 2009
For economists, projections are a stock in trade. At Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, which operates independently of S&P Equity Research, we publish monthly our ...
January 15, 2009
We now expect the drop in real gross domestic product (GDP) during this downturn to be similar to the declines in 1975 (3.1%) and 1982 (2.9%), the previous record ...