Not exact matches
Importantly the poll also found that Canadians aged 18 - 34 actually trail
Baby Boomers in RRSP ownership and contribution
rates with only 43 per cent of young people holding RRSPs compared to 69 per cent of older Canadians, so there is an urgent need to encourage and empower younger Canadians to start saving.
This hits younger Americans twice,
with a smaller economy and higher personal income tax
rates to pay for
baby -
boomer retirements.
A wave of retirements among the
baby boomers, combined
with increased longevity
rates, are leading this trend.
The church attendance drop does appear to be genuine, but small, when you compare
rates at same age, but the prayer difference seems to be just an age issue: «Although Millennials report praying less often than their elders do today, the GSS shows that Millennials are in sync
with Generation X and
Baby Boomers when members of those generations were younger.»
With an aging population (baby boomers are turning 65 at the rate of 8,000 a day), the number of people who have symptoms of Alzheimer's (problems with memory, thinking, and behavior) are only going to go
With an aging population (
baby boomers are turning 65 at the
rate of 8,000 a day), the number of people who have symptoms of Alzheimer's (problems
with memory, thinking, and behavior) are only going to go
with memory, thinking, and behavior) are only going to go up.
IBISWorld analyst Caitlin Moldvay said 18 to 29 - year - olds have always made up the largest share of the market, but
with greater Internet usage and increasing divorce
rates,
baby boomers have jumped into the fray, too.
The
baby boomers have set a precedent
with the divorce
rate being over 40 %, which has left many people in their 40's and 50's single again.
With interest
rates near historic lows, some
baby boomers may be thinking about refinancing their mortgage loans to improve their financial situation.
Various budget realities, including huge costs associated
with the aging and retirement of the
baby boom generation, will make it difficult for the federal government to sustain low tax
rates.
The strong loonie combined
with low interest
rates has also compelled
Baby Boomers to consider a vacation home in Florida, much like their parents.
With numerous
Baby Boomers retiring and current market and interest
rate risk factors, conservative investment options remain an important part of the retirement plan menu.
Yamada and Tretiakova observe what many aging
Baby Boomers are coming to terms
with: that the combination of rising life expectancy, minuscule interest
rates and declining availability of employer - sponsored Defined Benefit pension plans is making
boomer retirement an anxious proposition.
Led by Millennials and
Baby Boomers, who have the highest
rates of pet ownership, there are more households
with pets than households
with kids.
For one,
with Baby Boomers and retirees living longer than ever, there's an increasing chance that a 4 percent withdrawal
rate may still be a bit too generous.
Baby boomers have been found to be more chronically ill than their parents were,
with reportedly higher
rates of hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and high cholesterol.
The report also looks at which markets are seeing the biggest increases in rental
rates in 2015 compared to 2014, and provides rankings of the best safe haven residential rental markets, along
with the best markets for renting to Millennials, best markets for renting to Generation Xers, and best markets for renting to
Baby Boomers.
Bolstered by low mortgage
rates and a swelling demand from equity - rich
baby boomers, the housing markets have been out of balance for the past few years,
with existing - home inventories alarmingly low — only 3.8 months» supply on a nationwide basis as of January — and price appreciation undesirably high.
With an estimated 76 million
baby boomers in the pipeline turning 65 at a
rate of 10,000 per day for the next 15 years, according to Pew Research Center, many businesses owned by people in their 60s will be changing hands.
In a speech last month, Mr. Poloz warned that central banks around the world are dealing
with powerful global forces that are keeping
rates low, including weak business investment and waves of retiring
baby boomers leaving the labour force.
With these in mind, it should be noted that significant fluctuations in historical birth
rates could generate considerable variations in new household formation in the years ahead as
baby boom or
baby bust generations age and enter household - forming age groups.
Among those forces were the
baby boom, in which post-World War II
babies matured and entered the housing market; deregulation of the mortgage finance industry, which gave lenders the freedom to offer a wide variety of loans, and a high inflation
rate that combined
with soaring housing prices to convince consumers that home ownership was safe and sure.
With the first wave of
baby boomers beginning to retire at a
rate of more than 10,000 retirees per day, a trend expected to continue for the next 18 years2, the demand for reverse mortgages should increase.