Tag: retirement security

The term doesn’t really matter, but about half of households are not doing so well. Reporters always want to know “crisis” or “no crisis.” I don’t think the term is particularly important with respect to retirement security, but observation after observation paints the same picture – roughly half of households are not in good financia…

Preserving consumption in the short-term means less resources for the future. We just released a study that introduces behavioral responses when looking at the effect of inflation on consumption and wealth of near retirees and retirees. The behavioral responses come from a new survey that explores how older households reacted to recent inflation – in…