Tag: baby boomers

Working together on their budget

The Proposition Sounds Plausible, But the Data Don’t Support It As life expectancy increases and the retirement income system contracts, households face an enormous challenge in ensuring a secure retirement.  Working longer is the best way to increase retirement incomes.  But some suggest that more work by older persons reduces the job opportunities for younger…

Images of growing stacking coins and Hand putting coin into glas

No one really needs confirmation of how tough the Great Recession was. But the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College has quantified the decline – and it’s brutal. Investment losses and falling home prices placed 53 percent of U.S. households in danger of a decline in their standard of living after they quit working…