Tag: retirement planning

Abstract Household financial planning can be challenging and household members often lack basic financial literacy skills. This paper discusses the potential and pitfalls of one approach to solving these problems—the development and dissemination of financial guidelines simple enough to be explained in graphic form. The discussion is motivated by the history of nutritional guidelines, namely…
The brief’s key findings are: Recent estimates suggest that people need about 80 percent of their pre-retirement income in retirement. The saving rate needed to hit this target depends on earnings, saving start age, retirement age, and asset returns. An average earner who starts saving at 35 and retires at 67 needs to save 18…