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Date: June, 2013

  • In the NewsJune 26, 2013

    Retirement Savings $14T Below Threshold

    CBS MoneyWatch reports on the NIRS findings from “The Retirement Savings Crisis: Is It Worse Than We Think?” which analyzed the state of Americans’ retirement savings and compared them to benchmarks gauging progress toward maintaining retirement living standards. Read the article here.

  • In the NewsJune 24, 2013

    Rowboats for Retirement

    Persistent unemployment and stagnant wages have left many workers treading water, struggling so hard to both stay afloat and save for retirement. The New York Times’ Economix blog covers the new NIRS research on the retirement savings gap. Read the article here.

  • In the NewsJune 23, 2013

    Americans Face Retirement Unprepared

    “If you have saved enough to afford a comfortable retirement, congratulations. You’re in a tiny minority,” reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in an article about new NIRS retirement savings gap research. Read the article here.

  • In the NewsJune 21, 2013

    Retirement Plans Need Refocus

    “The traditional ways of getting people to save haven’t worked,” says Forbes in an article covering the savings crisis facing American families and the release of the NIRS report The Retirement Savings Crisis: Is It Worse Than We Think?. Read the article here.

  • In the NewsJune 21, 2013

    Millions Of Near-Retirees Have No Savings

    The official AARP Blog writes about new NIRS report on the retirement savings gap, pulling in supporting evidence from AARP experts to show the staggering gap in what Americans need to have saved for retirement and what they have in reality. Read the blog post here.

  • In the NewsJune 20, 2013

    Retirement Shortfall May Top $14 Trillion

    The New America Foundation covered the webinar releasing our retirement savings gap research, stating “The NIRS report does a great job of laying out the essential flaws of our current retirement system and identifying strategies to improve matters.” Read the full blog post here.

  • In the NewsJune 20, 2013

    Retirement Shortfall May Top $14 Trillion

    U.S. News reports on the staggering retirement savings gap facing Americans and covers newly released NIRS research that examines the magnitude of the retirement savings shortfall. For all working-age families, typical households have only a few thousand dollars saved for retirement. Read the full article here.

  • In the NewsJune 20, 2013

    Senator Tom Harkin Releases Statement on New Report Detailing Severity of Retirement Crisis

    Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee releases a statement about the NIRS report The Retirement Savings Crisis: Is It Worse Than We Think? emphasizing the concerns Americans have about retiring with adequate income and his USA Retirement Fund proposal. Read the statement from Senator Harkin here.

  • In the NewsJune 20, 2013

    The Retirement Crisis Is Worse Than We Think

    Plansponsor covers the NIRS webinar releasing our report “The Retirement Savings Gap: Is It Worse Than We Think” presenting research on working households not holding enough assets to retire. Read the article here.