Tag: retirement security

Many households do not have enough saved to maintain their standard of living in retirement. This resource gap means that retirees will often have to cut back on consumption and, in some cases, rely on adult children to …
Market optimism may be masking deep retirement risks. Planning for retirement has always been hard, but when government policy is unpredictable, it makes it even more challenging. For example, changes to Social Security and Medicare can put basic security at risk; changes to the tax system can scramble a household’s finances; and ballooning government debt…