The Social Security Trust Funds hold the Social Security taxes paid by American workers. The trust funds are invested in Treasury securities that earn interest, helping the funds to grow. Four years ...

Social Security is America’s most expensive program, accounting for more than one in five dollars in the federal budget. A perennial political hot-button topic, Social Security is subject to political ...

Hypothetically, if the U.S. government redeemed this $2.555 trillion and simply returned it to Social Security, the program would lose out on more than $60 billion in estimated annual interest income.

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump is demanding that the Federal Reserve lower interest rates to 1% or even lower so that his ...

Right now, Social Security is failing seniors in important ways — and the situation is only likely to get worse. ...

Social Security benefits are a critical income source for most seniors, which is why this benefits program is such a popular ...

Most Americans can't answer simple questions about what will happen when Social Security's reserves run dry in 2033.

For decades, interest from the Social Security trust fund helped cover shortfalls, but since around 2019, payouts have ...

Social Security will complete a transition more than 40 years in the making this year. In 1983, Congress enacted an amendment ...

Given how often the subject of Social Security solvency comes up, it would be easy to imagine that everyone understands how it works, including the all-important trust funds. This is a basic primer on ...