I'm feeling a sense of cautious optimism. Obviously, we haven't yet come through the recent economic storm, but I do believe things will get better in 2009....
With all the talk of gloom and doom, I thought I'd add my 2 cents. We are welcoming in the new year in Central Oregon. We celebrated the eve of New Years by...
I understand that despite the massive losses in 2008, the Tier I fund is pretty close to "fully funded". Recently, there has been some discussion of...
... fund ... niceties. ... is ... fare ... You are correct that increasing the amount of money in supply does tend to increase the cost of godds and thus...
Regarding the consumer price avg., here's a link I found on Google http://www.osba.org/lrelatns/cpi/index.asp This is a Oregon School Boards Assoc. link. I...
... for "licensed" ... Important to note that the 4% figure for this year is as of June 30th. That is before the big melt down. We won't have end of year ...
... <grcarlson1@...> wrote: On the "up" side, even if there is a small cost-of-living adjustment or even a negative one, COLA values in excess of 2% are...
Although we have been lulled by "benign" inflation increases over the past 15 years (1.5-3.5%), I am old enough to remember the inflationary increases and the...
... Actually what I am thinking is that a hyper inflationary or hyper deflationary situation will definitelty hurt PERS retirees. Any discussion into the...
Third Federal has a good deal on a home equity line of credit. Current rate is Prime-.10% 3.15% [below $50K] and Prime-.65% 2.6% [$50K+]. Only took about a...
... <mrfearless47@...> wrote: "...don't be sucked into end times reading" #%#%#%#%#%#%#% I would rather hear, "don't rely on all the doom and gloom, but the ...
... Hopefully, we'll see some attempts to regulate or re-regulate some of these financial catastrophes during the next year. I have no idea what the future...
Early last year I enjoyed the returns of the REITS and private equity companies. I had some strong bank stocks and utilities, plus some electronic leaders,...
... equity companies. I had some strong bank stocks ... I could count on a 5% dividend average. ... World Capitalists and Governments. ... lose.and don't...
... equity companies. I had some strong bank stocks ... I could count on a 5% dividend average. ... World Capitalists and Governments. ... lose.and don't...
... @@@@ I see Marc has already replied but I thought I would share the link pointing to a document in the library that includes a history of COLA payments. ...
... Do keep in mind that the COLA will be officially calculated at the end of the month when the Commerce Department issues the final cost of living figures....
... our ... hit ... link ... COLA ... end ... the ... is ... when ... it ... &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& For those that are interested, see the...
... @@@@ Russ, you should be able to past the link into a browser and it will take you to the document. In Firefox, I am able to click on the link directly...
... @@@@ I had forgotten about this site. I went ahead and extracted the Portland information and added a couple of options. Here is a link to the document...
... our ... hit ... link ... could ... link ... No, I meant that the reason for my request here for COLA info was because I was not able to find it on my own...
... @@@ I meant to add that the Bureau of Labor Statistics has been added to the Other Links page to make this data easier to find in the future. GS...
... @@@ Valid point. When I did a search, I first used the term "annual COLA" using the exact phrase box. That produced 32 responses. I then modified the...
... &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& mrf: This would be a good topic to do a poll, to see what members of the POD group are doing: 1. What age did...
... of ... benefit ... 70 ... &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Here's some more information on Social Security benefit nuances that many may...
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