In 2007, the Social Security Trustees suggested that either the payroll tax could increase to 16.41 percent in 2041 and steadily increased to 17.60 percent in 2081 or a cut in benefits by 25 percent in 2041 and steadily increased to an overall cut of 30 percent in 2081.
effective rate of protection. the real amount of PROTECTION accorded to domestic suppliers of a final product when a TARIFF is applied to a competing imported final product (see IMPORTS), but either no tariff, or a lower rate of tariff, is applied on FACTOR INPUTS that are imported to produce that product.
by Emily Greenwald, Assistant Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and Doug Gray, Managing Examiner, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Interest rate risk (IRR) is defined as the potential for changing market interest rates to adversely affect a bank's earnings or capital protection. Two previous issues of Community Banking Connections included articles on IRR management for community banks.