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Moving Ahead with 'Pension Progress'
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[Opinion]
Apr. 30, 2013
"Prior to MAP-21 pension plans had to determine liabilities based on a 2-year average of interest rates. After MAP-21 companies could use a 25-year average of interest rates. As a result, companies get to contribute less when interest rates are low. [The author of this linked article] would like to point out this is precisely when companies ought to be contributing more!"

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