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Unemployment Statistics on Older Americans: Updated 11/09 (Fact Sheet / Data at a Glance)
Richard W. Johnson, Corina Mommaerts

The recession has increased joblessness among older Americans. These graphs and tables report unemployment rates and how they have varied by age, sex, race, and education since 2007.

Posted to Web: November 06, 2009Publication Date: November 06, 2009

Retirement Account Balances (Fact Sheet / Data at a Glance)
Barbara Butrica, Philip Issa, Mauricio Soto

The retirement savings of American households took a big hit when the stock market crashed in 2008. Recently, however, a good portion of these losses has been reversed. This fact sheet follows trends in retirement account balances since the beginning of 2005.

Posted to Web: November 05, 2009Publication Date: November 01, 2009

How Is the Financial Crisis Affecting Retirement Savings?: August 2009, Update (Fact Sheet / Data at a Glance)
Mauricio Soto

The stock market lost 56 percent of its value between September 30, 2007, and March 9, 2009. These losses reduced the retirement savings of American households. Recently, however, a good portion of these losses has been reversed. Equities gained 53 percent between March 9, 2009 and August 31, 2009.

Posted to Web: September 09, 2009Publication Date: September 04, 2009

Automatic Enrollment in IRAs: Costs and Benefits (Article/Tax Facts)
Benjamin H. Harris, Rachel M. Johnson

To encourage better retirement saving, President Obama recently proposed policies that would require firms without retirement savings plans to automatically enroll their workers in IRAs. In addition, the president proposed an expansion of the Saver's Credit to be fully refundable and available to middle-income taxpayers. This report estimates the revenue costs and distributional effects of the president's proposals.

Posted to Web: August 31, 2009Publication Date: August 31, 2009

How Will the Stock Market Collapse Affect Retirement Incomes?: Older Americans' Economic Security No. 20 (Series/Older Americans' Economic Security)
Barbara Butrica, Karen E. Smith, Eric Toder

Urban Institute projections suggest the stock market collapse will have small effects on most Americans' retirement incomes. It's estimated that 37 percent of Americans born between 1941 and 1965 owned no stocks when the market crashed in 2008 and that income from assets will account for a small share of retirement income, even for those with stocks. For most retirees, Social Security provides the majority of income. Had Social Security been invested in private accounts with equities, the impact of the crash would have been much larger—positive or negative, depending on one's birth cohort and on future market performance.

Posted to Web: June 24, 2009Publication Date: June 24, 2009

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