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Family Finances

Women’s Equality Day: What it Means to Us

FSP discusses the women's wealth gap and shares why we care in light of Women's Equality Day.

BY Financial Security Program

Blog Post

08.30.2017
Family Finances

Meeting Short- and Long-Term Financial Needs

How can we help families cope with financial shocks and volatility while protecting their retirement accounts from being depleted prematurely?

BY Financial Security Program & 1 more

Blog Post

07.31.2017
Finance and Assets

Building Economic Security Through Work and Wealth

Reflections on the Aspen Institute’s Economic Security Summit.

BY Alex Mazer, Guest Blogger

Blog Post

07.24.2017
Family Finances

Thrift Savings Plan Are the Key to Closing the Small Business Coverage Gap

By combining a TSP-like fund lineup and a low-cost administration services provider, employers can offer a highly-efficient 401(k) plan with an all-in fee that’s far below 401(k) plan averages.

BY Eric Droblyen, Guest Blogger

Blog Post

07.17.2017
Family Finances

Income Volatility in the Service Sector

This new EPIC research brief enhances our understanding of the connections between income swings and family outcomes for hourly retail workers.

BY Daniel Schneider, & 1 more

Publication

07.07.2017
Family Finances

On-Demand Economy Plays Key Role in Improving Financial Stability

FSP’s Joanna Smith-Ramani sat down with Steven King, a Partner at Emergent Research, to discuss the results of the second On-demand Workforce survey.

BY Joanna Smith-Ramani

Blog Post

04.13.2017
Finance and Assets

Sizing Up the Global RegLab Movement

Regulatory innovation is indeed emerging in financial centers around the world as central bankers, prudential regulators, and market conduct authorities rush to make sense of the proliferation of new financial technologies (FinTech) and their transformative potential not just for individual consumers but for the financial system as a whole.

BY Schan Duff

Blog Post

03.08.2017
Family Finances

Increasing Retirement Saving: Reforming Tax Incentives

Numerous studies find that millions of Americans are under-saving for retirement, and psychology and behavioral economics have taught us that there are well-understood problems in decision-making that can cause people to not put enough away for retirement and other needs. The question is how to correct these failures and avoid the considerable hardship that can come with not having enough savings.

BY David Kamin, Guest Blogger

Blog Post

02.28.2017
Family Finances

A Case Study About the Saver's Credit

It’s hard to imagine that there’s a tax credit that can lower a taxpayer’s bill if he or she saves for retirement in a tax-favored retirement account. This may sound to be too good to be true. But it is true. The IRS has a tax credit that pays people to save for retirement.

BY Catherine Collinson, Guest Blogger

Blog Post

02.27.2017
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