Tag: retirement saving

Puzzle about 401k retirement plan

A longer look lowers estimates of its impact, but making saving easy remains essential. The same research team that documented the impact of auto-enrollment and auto-escalation in 401(k) plans has returned to the topic to assess how real-life events affect the longer-run effect of these automatic provisions.  I think it’s really cool for researchers to…

Senior woman in the supermarket checks her grocery receipt

The report’s key findings are: High inflation tends to harm older households, but the size of the impact varies due to three factors…