Tag: retirement preparedness

Hand holding coins in birds nest.

The brief’s key findings are: Millennials – despite high education levels – are behind previous cohorts on many indicators that help boost retirement preparedness. Having entered the labor market in tough times, Millennials have lower wages and fewer fringe benefits than Gen-Xers and late Baby Boomers did as young adults. This difficult start, combined wit…

Retired man using laptop and taking notes in notebook studying pension plan and managing his budget

And, unfortunately, more than half are not prepared. In a recent study we used the National Retirement Risk Index (NRRI), which mea­sures the percentage of working-age households who are “at risk” of being financially unprepared for retire­ment, to see whether people know if they are at risk.  The NRRI calculates for each of today’s working…