New Jersey Bonds Add to Pension Costs as Bills Rise

March 11, 2015

“The pension debt service is skewed to the out-years,” said Richard Keevey, a fellow at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, who was budget director for former Governor Jim Florio, a Democrat. “It starts out low and rises sharply.”

Bloomberg.com, March 11

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