Retirement Research

Total household debt increased by $192 billion (1.4 percent) to $13.86 trillion in the second quarter of 2019, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s latest … more Household Debt Increases 20 Consecutive Quarters

A new study from the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies® (TCRS) – titled Self-Employed: Defying and Redefining Retirement – found that only 26 percent of self-employed workers are … more New Research Examines Self-Employed Workers’ Attitudes on Retirement

Researchers at the Society of Actuaries and Stanford Center on Longevity published a study that offers guidance for consumers who are worried about outliving their retirement assets. The … more Study Offers Solutions to Avoid Going Broke in Retirement

Roughly 15 percent of the Baby Boomer population won’t have children to look after them as they age, either because they didn’t have kids, or the kids they … more Helping “Solo Agers” Cope With Retirement

According to the 2019 Planning & Progress Study released by Northwestern Mutual, more than a fifth (22 percent) of Americans have less than $5,000 saved for retirement, and … more Report Explores Why People Want to Work Past Age 65

Having enough money saved for retirement is one of the biggest financial challenges Americans face. With the central role that 401(k)-type plans have come to play, those who … more Survey: 31 Percent of Workers Do Not Have Access to Workplace Retirement Savings Plans

Over the next decade, the aging of the Baby Boom generation is projected to boost the number of homeowners age 65 and over by some 8.4 million, lifting … more Joint Center: 65+ Households Projected to Grow by 8.4M Over Next Decade

Researchers at the Center for Economic and Social Research at the University of Southern California recently discovered that vignettes — video and written stories about hypothetical people – … more Vignettes Improve Social Security Comprehension