Trustees Reports- 1996

Table II.F20. - Estimated Trust Fund Ratios by Trust Fund and Alternative, Calendar Years 1996-2070
[In percent]

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                 Intermediate             Low Cost               High Cost
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 Calendar                    Com-                   Com-                   Com-
   year        OASI     DI  bined     OASI     DI  bined     OASI     DI  bined 
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1996........    148     83    140      148     84    140      148     81    139
1997........    159    108    152      160    113    154      157    102    150
1998........    170    118    163      175    131    169      164    103    156
1999........    182    124    174      192    148    186      169     99    159
2000........    193    127    183      210    164    204      172     89    159
2001........    202    133    192      228    186    223      172     79    157
2002........    212    136    201      249    208    243      171     65    154
2003........    221    136    208      271    229    265      170     50    150
2004........    230    133    215      294    247    287      168     31    145
2005........    239    127    221      317    264    309      166     11    139

2010........    278     76    244      427    332    413      149    (1)     98
2015........    276      9    232      482    394    470      103    (1)     34
2020........    226    (1)    181      480    462    477       18    (1)    (1)
2025........    143    (1)     98      449    527    459      (1)    (1)    (1)
2030........     37    (1)    (1)      407    599    430      (1)    (1)    (1)
2035........    (1)    (1)    (1)      369    702    407      (1)    (1)    (1)
2040........    (1)    (1)    (1)      348    807    401      (1)    (1)    (1)
2045........    (1)    (1)    (1)      341    885    408      (1)    (1)    (1)
2050........    (1)    (1)    (1)      340    968    419      (1)    (1)    (1)
2055........    (1)    (1)    (1)      337  1,058    428      (1)    (1)    (1)
2060........    (1)    (1)    (1)      334  1,172    439      (1)    (1)    (1)
2065........    (1)    (1)    (1)      334  1,286    453      (1)    (1)    (1)
2070........    (1)    (1)    (1)      338  1,390    471      (1)    (1)    (1)
Trust fund is
  estimated to 
  be exhausted
  in:          2031   2015   2029      (2)    (2)    (2)     2020   2005   2016 
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1/ The trust fund is estimated to have been exhausted by the beginning of this
year.  The last line of the table shows the specific year of trust fund
exhaustion.
2/ The fund is not estimated to be exhausted within the projection period.
Note: See Glossary for definition of trust fund ratio. The OASDI ratios shown 
for years after a given fund is estimated to be exhausted are theoretical and 
are shown for informational purposes only.