Retirement

The Trump budget requests $9.4 billion for Labor, down from its $12 billion budget for 2017, and federal retirement is affected as well.

A fair number of employers say they plan to use their tax cut savings to enhance employee compensation and benefits, while stock analysts believe the majority will be used for stock buybacks and shareholder dividends.

Combining technology with the principles of behavioral economics -- like nudging people into certain actions -- could positively affect retirement saving.

Millennials are weighed down by student loans, so they can't spend, which will affect the retail outlook, one expert says. Will employers help out?

The budget deal signed after a brief government shutdown includes provisions that affect hardship withdrawals from retirement plans.

The budget deal Senate leaders reached late Wednesday would add nearly $300 billion in government spending over two years and push the deficit higher, exactly the opposite of what the economic textbooks say lawmakers should be doing, said a Moodys economist.