Program trustees project the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund will deplete in late 2032, while Congressional Budget Office estimates warn exhaustion could happen sooner. A 24 percent benefit cut would reduce payments by an average of $500 per month for retirees, with 29 states experiencing even steeper declines. While merging retirement and disability funds could delay the crisis to late 2034, payouts would still shrink by an estimated 17 percent. Fixing the deficit will require difficult policy choices involving tax increases, reduced benefits, or both.
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Congressional inaction risks triggering steep monthly benefit cuts for retirees across th…: Congressional inaction risks triggering steep monthly benefit cuts for retirees across the nation within the next decade.
Merging the retirement fund with the disability fund merely postpones fund exhaustion unt…: Merging the retirement fund with the disability fund merely postpones fund exhaustion until late 2034 while still requiring cuts.
Failing to address the trust fund shortfall could push up Treasury yields and increase co…: Failing to address the trust fund shortfall could push up Treasury yields and increase consumer borrowing costs.
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Social Security retirement benefits may face an automatic, across-the-board cut in just six years.
Without intervention before then, the Social Security retirement trust fund, formally known as the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, which helps pay benefits to eligible workers and qualifying family members, will run out in the fourth quarter of 2032, the program's trustees said in a June report.
At that time, the trustees project retirement benefits will be cut by 22%.
The Congressional Budget Office has a more dire forecast, anticipating the retirement trust fund may run out sooner, in mid-2032, and that retirees may see larger benefit cuts, at 26%, upon insolvency.
Beneficiaries may see an average $500 cut to their monthly benefits across the U.S. based on a 24% benefit cut, according to a June report from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. In 29 states, retirees would see even bigger average reductions, according to the nonpartisan organization focused on educating the public on fiscal policy issues.
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