Plans determine what a participant's monthly benefit payment would be if the participant's individual account balance in the defined contribution plan were used to purchase an annuity at retirement, based on standard assumptions for interest rates and the participant's life expectancy. (pbgc.gov)
«Using standard assumptions regarding immigration, fertility and mortality rates, the share of Canada's population growth coming from immigration could rise to three - quarters a decade from now, up from 60 - 65 per cent today and almost all by 2030. (remonline.com)
Theoretical models of the remnants of massive stars in a very hot, post-red-supergiant phase display no obvious instability if standard assumptions are made. (pubs.giss.nasa.gov)