16 08, 2022

America’s $7 Trillion Retirement Crisis Is Only Getting Worse

2022-08-16T10:47:46-07:00August 16th, 2022|Categories: Retirement|Tags: |

By Suzanne Woolley Source: Bloomberg Americans have been warned for years of an impending retirement crisis. Yet the situation is getting worse. Even when everything was going right — inflation was nonexistent, interest rates were low and stocks were in an extended bull market — there was a multi-trillion dollar savings shortfall. Then came a pandemic, war in Europe, decades-high inflation, the fastest rate-hiking cycle since the early 1980s and fears of a recession. The resulting market turmoil erased some $3.4 trillion from 401(k)s and IRAs [...]

18 06, 2021

Are we headed for a retirement crisis?

2021-06-18T13:56:55-07:00June 18th, 2021|Categories: Retirement|Tags: , |

By Jim Wilson Source: Canadian HR Reporter Two-thirds (67 per cent) of Canadians feel that the country is facing an emerging retirement crisis, according to a new report. Why? More than six in 10 (63 per cent) have not set aside anything for retirement in the past year, up by five per cent from data recorded in 2020. Plus, 65 per cent said that saving for retirement is prohibitively expensive, according to the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP). [...]

18 02, 2021

Retirement Insecurity 2021: Americans’ Views of Retirement

2021-02-18T10:24:38-08:00February 18th, 2021|Categories: Retirement|Tags: |

A new report finds that across party lines, Americans are worried about concerns about their financial security in retirement. The vast majority of Democrats (70 percent), Independents (70 percent) and Republicans (62 percent) agree that the nation faces a retirement crisis. There also is bi-partisan agreement that the average worker cannot save enough on their own to guarantee a secure retirement, along with broad support for Social Security and pensions. This new national survey of working-age Americans also reveals [...]

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