At any given time, only about half of U.S. private sector workers are covered by an employer-sponsored retirement plan. As a result, roughly one-third of households end up completely reliant on Social Security at retirement, while others move in and out of coverage throughout their careers and end up with only modest balances in a…
U.S. inflation peaked at 8.9 percent in June 2022, and, while the rate has declined substantially since then, inflation still remains an important concern. That concern is justified in that the first brief in this two-part series – as well as numerous other studies – have shown that inflation harms older households by both reducing…