Tag: National Retirement Risk Index

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The brief’s key findings are: The National Retirement Risk Index captures the share of working-age households that could fall short in retirement. Recent upgrades to the Index allow for more accurate measurement and analysis. The retooled Index confirms earlier findings: half of households will not be able to maintain their standard of living when they retire. Introduction&nbs…

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Call it what you will, Society of Actuaries’ survey shows a large percentage of retirees are worried. At the end of a recent conference, the cosmic question arose – once again – as to whether the United States faces a  retirement crisis or not.  I’ve never been wedded to the word “crisis,” but the Center’s…