Retirement Research

A new Issue In Brief published by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College suggests that the vast majority of current retirees can weather shocks, such as … more CRR: Reverse Mortgages Can Help Counteract Retirement Fragility

In his latest “Eye on Housing” blog, National Association of Home Builders Senior Economist Paul Emrath cited statistics from the Federal Reserve’s latest Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) … more Fed: Households Age 55+ Hold Two-Thirds of U.S. Home Equity

A new retirement preparedness study from Prudential, titled Planning Your Retirement? Expect the Unexpected, concluded that 51 percent of retirees left the workforce earlier than planned. While early … more Prudential: Half of Retirees Left Workforce Earlier Than Expected

At a hearing titled Turning 65: Navigating Critical Decisions to Age Well, experts from the public and private sectors testified last week before the Senate Special Committee on … more Senate Aging Committee Examines Challenges Facing Americans Turning 65

Deferring Social Security past the age of 66 by three to six months has the same impact on a person’s retirement standard of living as saving an additional … more New Research Highlights Benefits of Delaying Retirement

The growing popularity of health savings accounts (HSAs), increased consumer education around de-accumulation strategies, and nationally mandated retirement savings plans are just some of the issues that retirement … more Wealth Managers Forecast 2018 Trends

A new policy paper authored by Brookings Institute senior fellow Louise Sheiner, titled The Long-Term Impact of Aging on the Federal Budget, examines the effects of an aging … more New Study Evaluates Impact of Aging on Federal Budget

Reverse mortgages should be one of the tools that retirees and their financial advisers consider on a case-by-case basis when evaluating options for improving retirement security, according to … more Stanford Research Advocates Reverses For Consumers Evaluating Retirement Income Options

The percentage of working-age U.S. households who are “at risk” of being unable to maintain their pre-retirement standard of living in retirement fell from 52 percent to 50 … more Retirement Risk Index Shows Modest Improvement