The Daily Money: Who wants to be a retiree?
Happy Fed Day to those who celebrate. I'm Elisabeth Buchwald, and in addition to writing today's Daily Money, I'm leading our live coverage leading up to the Fed's crucial interest rate decision.
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How are retirees staying afloat in this economy?
Retiring comfortably has never been easy. It requires careful planning, budgeting and scaling back on spending.
But retirees nowadays are having an especially hard time getting by with the money they set aside. That's because high inflation has eroded the value of their savings. Not only can they afford fewer goods and services with the savings they set aside but their investments have also plunged over the past year as the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates.
That's left many retirees or would-be-retirees defenseless to protect their nest eggs.
This is particularly problematic since 2.6 million more Americans than usual retired in the past year or so per Fed estimates partly due to pandemic-related health concerns and bloated retirement accounts as asset values rallied to record highs.
For tips on how you can stretch your retirement savings further be sure to check out Medora Lee's latest story.
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