Many Americans worry that they are not contributing enough to their retirement savings to stop working completely. The Employee Benefit Research Institute's 2012 Retirement Confidence Survey reveals that only about 14 percent of workers are very confident they will have enough money to live comfortably in retirement.One way to ease your concern about your savings rate is to check your numbers against a retirement planning calculator.
Many Americans worry that they are not contributing enough to their retirement savings to stop working completely. The Employee Benefit Research Institute's 2012 Retirement Confidence Survey reveals that only about 14 percent of workers are very confident they will have enough money to live comfortably in retirement.
One way to ease your concern about your savings rate is to check your numbers against a retirement planning calculator.
Regardless of your age, you can reduce your expenses and contribute the extra cash to your retirement account.
Try these five ways to reduce your expenses.
Regardless of which method works for you, the important message is to make retirement savings your priority.
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