Tag: National Retirement Risk Index

Working together on their budget

The brief’s key findings are: From 2016 to 2019, the National Retirement Risk Index (NRRI) fell slightly from 50 percent to 49 percent. This improvement reflected gains in stock and, particularly, house prices, which were partly offset by lower interest rates and Social Security replacement rates. In 2020, the economy was hit by COVID and…

Fired worker with a face mask

The brief’s key findings are: Before the virus, half of households were at risk of falling short in retirement. The virus-related surge in unemployment has likely increased the share of households at risk from 50 percent to 55 percent. And this increase does not capture the impact of lower asset prices and interest rates. In…