Tag: retirement plans

Pink piggy banks overhead view

For decades, we and other commentators have asserted that, at any given time, roughly 50 percent of private sector workers participate in an employer-sponsored retirement plan.  It used to be easy to check out the “50 percent” number because the federal government’s Current Population Survey (CPS) produced data on coverage and participation for public and…

Senior man spraying water on a flower pot in a greenhouse

Probably not – most of the drivers have played themselves out. Let’s take a deep breath and step back from the daily news cycle, where the Social Security Administration is under repeated attack, and take a look at recent trends in retirement patterns and what they are likely to look like going forward.    Prior to…