Hidden Hinderburgs: US Corporations Pension Funding Gap = $403 Billion, US Public Pensions Funding Gap = $3.4 Trillion

``Corporate pension-plan assets only covered 82 percent of projected benefits as of last year, based on data cited in the research. Their funding status failed to rebound in the past seven years even though the Standard & Poor's 500 Index more than doubled, as shown in the chart.''