Agenda for June 19 Meeting of 2015 Technical Panel on Assumptions and Methods

2015 Technical Panel on Assumptions and Methods

Meeting Agenda

June 19, 2015

The meeting will be held in the offices of the Social Security Advisory Board:

400 Virginia Avenue SW, Suite 625, Washington DC 20024

8:30-9:00    Executive Session

9:00-9:30    Resolve Fertility Assumption Recommendations

9:30-10:30  Review Mortality Section and Recommendations

10:30-10:45  Break

10:45-11:45  Review Disability Section and Recommendations

11:45-12:15  Lunch

12:15-1:30   Review Economic Assumptions and Methods

• Real Earnings Growth
• Labor Force Participation
• Unemployment Rate
• Taxable Share of Covered Earnings
• Inflation and Interest Rates

1:30-1:45  Break

1:45-3:00  Review Presentation Section

• Presentation of Uncertainty
• Illustrating Scheduled Benefits to Earnings
• Measures of Long-run Financial Stability

3:00-3:30  Other Issues

3:30-4:00   Executive Session – Next Steps