Tag: replacement rate

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Workers should plan to work longer and save more. The release of the Federal Reserve’s 2016 Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) is a great opportunity to reassess Americans’ retirement preparedness as mea­sured by the National Retirement Risk Index (NRRI).  The NRRI shows the share of working-age house­holds who are “at risk” of being unable to…

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People often ask how well prepared for retirement are current workers compared to their parents.  One way to answer that question is to look at the ratio of wealth to income over time from the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF), which is conducted by the Federal Reserve every three years.  The notion is that t…