Tag: Survey of Consumer Finances

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The release of the Federal Reserve’s 2022 Survey of Consumer Finances offers an opportunity to reassess Americans’ retirement preparedness as measured by the National Retirement Risk Index (NRRI).  The NRRI estimates the share of American households that are at risk of being unable to maintain their pre-retirement standard of living in retirement…

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Older high-income households with a 401(k) gained; everybody else lost.  The Federal Reserve’s 2022 Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) summarizes changes in family finances between 2019 and 2022 – three years of COVID and economic disruption, and 2022 was also a terrible year in terms of stock and bond returns.  At the same time, t…