Inflation can have an impact on retirement planning, as it can affect the purchasing power of retirement savings over time. For example, if you are saving for retirement and expect to receive a certain amount of income from your savings in the future, but inflation is rising, the purchasing power of that money may be reduced by the time you retire.
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Laura Stover, RFC® is discussing the recent decision by the Federal Reserve to leave interest rates unchanged and the potential implications for retirees and investors. We will also explore the on...
Jobs Report Reflects UAW Strike And 5.4% Real Wage Loss Since January 2021. Hourly wages are up as workers slowly get wage increases to make up for inflation....
Hourly wages are up as workers slowly get wage increases to make up for inflation....
Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for approximately 70 million Americans will increase 3.2% starting in January 2024....
According to a new survey, inflation is forcing Americans to delay medical care and downgrade health insurance. This is a particular problem for retirees...
Like you, during this period of high inflation where ‘cash is no longer trash,’ I’ve been tracking where the best ... Read more...
Many of Uncle Sam’s bonds linked to inflation, called TIPS, performed horribly last year. It’s time to give them another look....
Cost-of-living adjustment makes sure the backbone of our retirement system keeps pace with rising prices. With the release of the September CPI-W inflation number, the Social Security Administration a...
To achieve retirement savings goals, it is crucial to not only protect your savings, but also ensure they grow at a rate that outpaces inflation. With inflation eroding our purchasing power and hard-e...
Buried somewhere in the text of the Inflation Reduction Act is one change that will have an immediate impact on Medicare Drug costs in 2024...
In the past few weeks the U.S. stock market has erased all of its gains over the past few months. The summer of 2023 came and went and we have nothing to show for it. Inflation and volatility are star...
Thrivent finds workers are at a crossroads between their financial savings and personal values...
The dream of owning a home has become more elusive than ever. Over the past decade, U.S. house prices have increased by nearly 4.7% per year above the rate of inflation while the median household inco...
Remember that old line from President Ford? Actually, I think it was subject to a lot of ridicule, because it seemed so ineffective at the time. And of course it is ineffective as a national policy. B...
Wage growth adjusted for inflation is the lowest in over 60 years....
Is inflation scrambling your nest egg? Fortunately, there's still time to add inflation-resistant investments to your portfolio. A good mix of asset classes can smooth out your volatility, both for th...
Much has been said about inflation hurting society. As people’s buying power decreases, life gets more costly. Heck, the Fed seems hell-bent on causing another recession to contain inflation. Ho...
Hi and thank you. My full retirement age is 66ys 10mo. I would like to take early retirement benefits around August 2023 when I'm past 64s of age. I plan to keep working full time making Federal adjus...
People rightfully worry about inflation since they get to keep less of their paycheck, but there are some, though not universal, positive signs on inflation. In sum, we are already heading in the righ...
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Many consumers struggling to make ends meet amid inflation are reducing retirement saving and health care, which can have disastrous results later in life....
Sept. 22, 2022 — Thanks to the pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and other factors, inflation is raging here in the U.S. and everywhere in the world. While early estimates are the 2023 ...
During our recent discussion on Inflation, a Badass reader stopped by and caught my attention by dropping the following block of wisdom into the comments section:  “A final note if you are worr...
With the most recent CPI data coming in at 8.5% over the prior year, there's been a lot of talk online about inflation and it's impact on your finances. Unfortunately, one of the most common arguments...
I’ve been writing about money for almost eleven years now, and in that time the world has become an immensely richer place. Here in the US, our economy has grown by about 25% even after inflation, w...