Tag: high income
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Abstract U.S. inflation peaked at 8.9 percent in June 2022, and, while the rate has declined substantially since then, inflation remains an important concern. This paper uses a new survey of households and financial advisors to examine how near retirees and retirees responded to recent inflation. The survey asks respondents how inflation affected their labor…
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Roughly three out of four low-income households might not have enough money to maintain even their modest standard of living after they retire. This sobering finding comes in a refinement by the Center for Retirement Research of its periodic look at workers’ retirement prospects. The center’s researchers use the data in the Federal Reserve’s periodic…