Retirement confidence is at an all-time low, causing the COUNTRY Financial Security Index to drop to 63.7 in June.
Just 51 percent of Americans believe they'll have enough money to enjoy a comfortable retirement, a one-point drop since April and the lowest percentage since the COUNTRY Index started in February 2007. The drop also marks a consistent decline since October 2010.
"With the slow-to-recovery economy, rising food and gas prices and discussions over government entitlement programs, concern over retirement is understandable," said Keith Brannan, vice president of Financial Security Planning at COUNTRY Financial.
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