…of official reserves again spooked the market. Plans for South Korea’s central bank to diversify its $200 billion in foreign-exchange holdings, mentioned in a briefing from the Bank of Korea…

…tax rates was that we would be pre-funding the Social Security Trust Fund to accumulate reserves for the retirement years of the baby boom generation. Even though I’m a Democrat…

…and then Kerry distorts what MRC wrote. But the case for the alleged insolvency of Social Security is often cast in terms of when the reserves go to zero under…

First the CBO tells us that Social Security Trust Fund reserves will continue growing after 2018 and now the GAO writes that today’s fiscal policy is unsustainable. Just as the…

…slow economic growth. Fiscal responsibility lowers growth? And those retiring in 2006 will be happy to know that Social Security reserves will continue to rise for another 15 years and…

…increased dollar reserves by $207bn (€159bn) in 2004, financing nearly a third of the US current account deficit, estimated at $650bn. Self-interest has supported much of this flow of cash….

…reserves are going to be raided to pay for the General Fund recklessness of this White House (aka tax cuts for the rich), the key word here is modestly. Oh…

…a cordial and productive exchange over various issues including the solvency of the Trust Fund. Andrew captures the (lack of) policy debate very well with: The trouble in this debate…

…simple reason. The Trust Fund already puts the reserves into government bonds so if individuals do the same thing, how does Ms. Hays think the return on government bonds is…

…of oil reserves that the Bush administration contends will offset many of the costs of reconstruction. “The United States is committed to helping Iraq recover from the conflict, but Iraq…