Social Security Insolvency Seen Coming a Year Earlier Than Before
A Social Security Administration office in San Francisco.
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The Social Security system’s retiree fund will be able to fully pay scheduled benefits until 2033, one year sooner than reported last year.
The increase is due mainly to a roughly 3% downward revision of gross domestic product and labor productivity over the projection window, the Treasury Department reported Friday.