Tag: retirement
Call it the “fed-up factor” – the uncomfortable circumstances at work that spur some older people to retire, sometimes prematurely. Squared Away’s readers recently shared their personal experiences in comments posted to a blog post about three job characteristics, identified by researchers, that are linked to earlier retirements: stress, inflexibility, and increasing demands. Working in…
How will your spending change once you retire? Will you be able to afford your needs? Will healthcare drain your budget? The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) provides some clues in its data on the spending patterns of older Americans. The pie charts below show the percentage of total household budgets in 2014 that…
