Tag: saving
Older Americans who are in debt are choosing to delay their retirement, researchers conclude in a new working paper. In earlier findings released last summer, the researchers, Barbara Butrica and Nadia Karamcheva of the Urban Institute, documented the growing prevalence of borrowing since the late 1990s among adults ages 62 through 69. Median debt levels…
More than 60 percent of Americans who participate in their 401(k) retirement plans at work are adding more dollars to their debts than they’re socking away in those plans, according to HelloWallet’s analysis of recent federal data. This shocking statistic suggests the need for some serious financial planning. Yet the vast majority of people in…
