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Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies^®
TCRS is dedicated to educating the American public on trends, issues, and opportunities related to saving and planning for retirement and achieving financial security in retirement.

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TI conducts several proprietary annual and periodic surveys, as well as partners with other research organizations on joint studies. Learn more about our research here.

THE INSTITUTE In the News

11/15/23 – FEDweek – Most Retirees, Later-Career Workers Wish They Had Saved More, Poll Finds
11/09/23 – Business Insider – Some HENRYs are saving too much for retirement — and it may backfire
11/02/23 – Yahoo Finance – Retirement Savings: Almost 50% of Boomers Expect To Work Past 70 — 14 Reasons Why
10/23/23 – Yahoo Finance – 6 Things Gen Zers Should Do When Their Savings Hits $10,000
10/22/23 – CNBC – Say goodbye to retirement? A ‘soft saving’ trend is emerging among young people
10/22/23 – Yahoo Finance – If You’re a Baby Boomer Who Retired at 55, How Much Savings Should You Have Left?
10/20/23 – Money Talks News – 10 Reasons Why Talking About Money Can Give You a Better Future
10/18/23 – Yahoo Finance – How to Find the Right Post-Retirement Career
10/16/23 – Market Watch – Your retirement checklist: 9 steps toward a better retirement
10/16/23 – Market Watch – I earn $210,000 and I’m 59. My wife and I want to move to Hawaii. Is it too late to get a mortgage?
10/14/23 – Investopedia – More Gen Z Women Investing Could Help Narrow Gender Gap in Retirement Savings
10/12/23 – The Week – How to ensure you don't outlive your retirement savings
10/11/23 – Financial Advisors – When The Initial Plan Fails, Retirees Need A Plan B, Transamerica Says
10/10/23 – USA Today – How's your 401k doing after 2022? For retirement-age Americans, not so well
10/10/23 – Market Watch – Few who ‘retire early’ have achieved ‘financial independence’
10/05/23 – Kiplinger – Most Americans Expect To Outlive Their Money In Retirement. Will You?
10/03/23 – National Association of Plan Advisors – Retirement Transitions: Expectations Versus Reality
10/01/23 – Yahoo Finance – Investing a measly $100 per week can turn into a nest egg topping $1.1M by retirement
09/28/23 – Plan Advisor – Few Retirees, Pre-Retirees Seek Advice Despite Financial Security Fears
09/28/23 – Pensions and Investments – Workers' expectations about choosing when to retire unrealistic – study
09/28/23 – Money – Retirees Are Not Confident They'll Be Able to Afford Long-Term Care: Poll
09/28/23 – 401k Specialist – The Very Real Fears of Retirees and Pre-Retirees: Running Out of Money
09/27/23 – The New York Times – Gen Z Is Poised to Spend More on Debt Than Others. It Could Derail Retirement.
09/27/23 – Market Watch – American consumers have a lot on their minds right now — and things are likely to get worse
09/23/23 – Yahoo Finance – Caregiving wallops retirement savings: Here's how
09/20/23 – Yahoo Finance – When It Comes to Retirement Savings, Gen Z Is the Most Confident Generation — Here’s Why
09/09/23 – Yahoo Finance – More Americans are forced to retire early — and are unprepared for the long haul
09/07/23 – Market Watch – More Americans Are Working Into Their 80s. What’s Keeping Them in the Workforce.
09/05/23 – AARP – 5 Signs That You'll Never Be Able to Retire
08/30/23 – Business Insider – Saving $100 a week from age 25 could give you over $1 million when you retire
08/30/23 – Pensions and Investments – Commentary: A simple solution to the looming retirement security crisis
08/29/23 – Forbes – How To Save For Retirement In Your 40s
08/29/23 – Yahoo Finance – 5 Things You Must Do When Your Savings Reach $5,000
08/28/23 – Yahoo Finance – YouTuber blasts parents who don't have a secure retirement as 'irresponsible'
08/26/23 – Money Talks News – 15 Tips to Successfully Downsize in Retirement
08/21/23 – Kiplinger – Are You the Worst Money Role Model for Your Kids?
08/17/23 – The New York Times – Generation X Is Staring Down Retirement, and Student Loan Debt
08/16/23 – Yahoo Finance – Retirement savings: 'Late boomers' are on the brink
08/15/23 – SHRM – Workers Say Inflation Is Bigger Retirement Obstacle This Year than Last
08/12/23 – Yahoo Finance – Americans are still ransacking their retirement savings
08/09/23 – Forbes – How To Maximize Your 401(k)
08/07/23 – Yahoo Finance – The five biggest things that confuse Americans about retirement
08/05/23 – Market Watch – Are inflation and debt pushing you to raid your retirement savings early? You’re not alone.
08/03/23 – SHRM – Reeling from Financial Hardships, Employees Dip into Retirement Accounts
07/29/23 – Yahoo News – Ready or not: Generation X faces bleak retirement horizon
07/22/23 – Yahoo Finance – Survey: We have no idea how much we'll need for retirement
07/18/23 – US News – How to Build Wealth in Your 20s and 30s
07/15/23 – Yahoo Finance – Future retirees plan to work longer, partly due to savings shortfalls
07/14/23 – AARP – How to Overcome Fear of Retirement
07/14/23 – CBS News – Gen Z saving for retirement sooner than earlier generations
07/14/23 – Kiplinger – Retirement Is a Journey: Do You Have the Map?
07/07/23 – Market Watch – ‘Concerning’ number of savers raid 401(k) accounts before retirement
07/07/23 – HR Drive – Shaky economy drives workers to dip into retirement accounts
07/06/23 – Investment News – Why Gen Zers say they’ll need one-third of what boomers do in retirement
07/06/23 – Yahoo Finance – Workers are still raiding their retirement savings at record rates
07/06/23 – Pensions and Investments – Baby boomers more pessimistic about future generations' retirement outlook
07/06/23 – National Association of Plan Advisors – What Are the 401(k) Participation and Savings Rates by Generation?
07/06/23 – 401k Specialist – How Each Workforce Sees Their Retirement in a Post-Pandemic World
06/06/23 – Yahoo Finance – 3 Majors Reasons Boomers Aren’t Prepared For Retirement
06/04/23 – Yahoo Finance – The Best Remote Jobs for American Retirees
05/31/23 – Forbes – Generation Z Offers Lessons About Saving For Retirement
05/27/23 – Entrepreneur – 5 Things To Know About Establishing a Post-retirement Career
05/25/23 – Forbes – New Report Shows Workers Have Positive Outlook, Despite Savings Woes
05/21/23 – Yahoo Finance – I'm nervous about my current rate of savings — but should I be?
05/18/23 – Money – Why So Many Americans Believe Social Security Is Going Away (Even Though It Isn’t)
05/16/23 – Pensions and Investments – Company size, cost cited as stumbling blocks to offering DC plan
05/15/23 – CNBC – There may never be a better time to create a retirement plan
05/14/23 – Yahoo Finance – Employers are becoming more open to hiring older workers
05/04/23 – Pensions and Investments – Employees relying on retirement saving accounts and Social Security
05/02/23 – Working Nation – New survey reveals disconnects between what employers offer and what workers need
05/02/23 – Investment News – Wide gaps exist between retirement plans, employee needs
04/26/23 – MSN – 31 Surprising Retirement & Social Security Facts You Probably Didn’t Know
04/24/23 – US News and World Report – Megatrends: The Longevity Economy
04/24/23 – AARP – 5 Reasons to Relocate in Retirement
04/20/23 – MSN – Here are the top 3 myths about retirement
04/19/23 – MarketWatch – 'The Pandemic was a Wake-up call to Employers' -- caregiving can kill a career
04/19/23 – Plan Sponsor – Plan Sponsors Have Lots to Prep for SECURE 2.0 Compliance
04/17/23 – AARP – 6 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me Before I Retired
04/15/23 – Yahoo Finance – Here are 3 big fears Americans have about retiring. (And how to address each one)
04/13/23 – Investment News – Boomers bite back: Don’t blame us for retirement ‘Road to Nowhere’!
04/10/23 – US News and World Report – You May Be Getting More From Social Security Than You Think
04/04/23 – Yahoo Finance – Tips from Advisors To Plan Your Retirement Given Program’s Uncertain Future
04/03/23 – Yahoo Finance – Workers must plan on Social Security shortfall when retirement planning, advisers say
04/03/23 – Plan Sponsor – Measuring the Impact of Financial Wellness Programs
04/01/23 – Insurance News Net – Keeping five generations of workers happy with their benefits
03/31/23 – Yahoo! Finance – 5 Situations Where It’s Not Worth It To Hire a Tax Professional
03/28/23 – MarketWatch – It’s not just boomers vs. millennials, workplaces span Gen Z to the Silent Generation
03/27/23 – FedWeek – “What Goes Up, Must Come Down” Ringing True Lately
03/24/23 – Yahoo Finance – An Unlikely Solution Arises to Boomers' Financial Retirement Woes
03/22/23 – Yahoo Finance – Emerging Social Security proposals may fall short on addressing retirement crisis
03/21/23 – MSN – Top 5 Social Security Myths
03/15/23 – Yahoo Finance – Retirement Comparison: Why Women Have Less Savings Than Men
03/09/23 – CNBC – Women aren’t investing at the same rate as men.
03/08/23 – Yahoo Finance – Social Security: 40 Years After the Last Crisis
03/08/23 – CNBC – Retirement security is up for single women, down for their married counterparts
03/07/23 – Yahoo Finance – 7 Ways Baby Boomers Are Wasting Money in Retirement — and How To Stop It
03/05/23 – Yahoo! Finance – 12 Key Financial Milestones to Reach by Age 50
03/03/23 – Think Advisor – Why Secure 2.0’s RMD Delay Matters Even More Than Many Think
Money Talks News – Which Generation Has the Most Super Savers?
03/01/23 – Yahoo Finance – 6 Obstacles Women Face While Building Wealth
03/01/23 – Insurance News Net – What will it take to bridge the personal finances gap for women?
02/28/23 – CPA – This is the One Easy Tax Credit Many U.S. Workers are Overlooking
Yahoo Finance – Here’s How Much of Your Paycheck You Should Save Each Month
02/22/23 – MSN – 10 Cheap Things to Do in Retirement
02/22/23 – MSN – The Top 8 Retirement Dreams People Look Forward To
02/20/23 – The Motley Fool – 7 in 10 People Are Still Losing Sleep Over This Social Security Myth
02/14/23 – Kiplinger – Study finds Gen Z doing an “extraordinary” job saving for retirement
02/13/23 – YR Media – Study: Gen Z Gaining Ground On Retirement Planning
02/12/23 – La Opinion – La Generación Z en Estados Unidos toma ventaja en los ahorros para su jubilación
02/10/23 – The Motley Fool – Claiming Social Security at Age 62 Is Tempting. Here's Why You Should Hold Out.
02/09/23 – The Motley Fool – 24% of Workers Expect Social Security to Be Their Primary Retirement Income Source.
02/04/23 – Yahoo Finance – Gen Z is 'doing extraordinarily well' saving for retirement, study finds
02/03/23 – MSN – 4 Retirement Wealth-Building Strategies for Young People
01/25/23 – FEDWeek – Women Twice as Likely to Push Back Retirement Due to Pandemic
01/19/23 – Fox Business – Secure 2.0: More part-time workers will be eligible for 401(k) plans
07/16/22 – Yahoo Finance – Many workers have only their retirement savings for emergencies

Transamerica Institute® is a nonprofit, private foundation dedicated to identifying, researching, and educating the public about health and wellness, employment, financial literacy, longevity, and retirement. Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies®, an operating division of Transamerica Institute, conducts one of the largest and longest-running annual retirement surveys of its kind. Transamerica Institute is funded by contributions from Transamerica Life Insurance Company and its affiliates. The information provided here is for educational purposes only and should not be construed as insurance, securities, ERISA, tax, investment, legal, medical, or financial advice or guidance. Please consult independent professionals for answers to your specific questions.

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