72% do not think a secure retirement is possible for the middle class

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Despite the recent improvements in the economy, Americans continue to grow more pessimistic about long-term retirement prospects, according to a Country Financial survey of 3,000 adults.

Seventy-two percent do not think it is possible for a middle-income family to save for a secure retirement, up from 70% who thought this last year and 63% in 2007.

Lee Barney
Editor-In-Chief

Lee Barney has been the editor of Money Management Executive since 2002 and has been writing about Wall Street since 1993. Previously, at United Media’s Wall Street & Technology magazine and … Read full bio


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