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April 9, 2026
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Last year’s historic increase in tariffs, and the shock of uncertainty surrounding their implementation, have roiled America’s foreign trade flows. The monthly trade balance swung from an all-time low to a 14-year high within eight months in 2025 (highlighted in red in the chart below). The initial impact was a surge in imports between the 2024 election and March 2025,…
April 8, 2026
NISA’s Pension Risk Transfer (PRT) Credit Risk Monitor is a market-based measure of the relative credit risk of common PRT annuity providers (“insurers”) designed to assist fiduciaries in identifying a “safest annuity available” PRT provider as required by the Department of Labor’s Interpretive Bulletin 95-1.
April 8, 2026
The Pension Surplus Risk Index (PSRX®) rose to 6.5%, as equity and rate volatility increased.
April 1, 2026
With headlines dominated by the Middle East conflict, equities and Treasuries declined, credit spreads widened, and oil soared.
January 16, 2026
Watch the webinar discussion between David Eichhorn and Stephen Douglass as they share NISA’s thoughts on Q4 economic and market highlights and look ahead.
