Tag: retirement age

Introduction As COVID-19 shut down the economy in early 2020, the press asked repeatedly how the economic turmoil – combined with a health crisis and a plunge in the stock market – would affect older workers. At that time, the natural inclination was to draw similarities to how older workers responded in the Great Recession.&nbs…

An informal survey of staff at the Center for Retirement Research asking “What is the current retirement age for Social Security?” produced a range of responses. About half — mostly the “old hands” — said 67. The other half — generally younger and newer staff members — gave answers including 62, 65, 66 and 68. In my…