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When the Employment Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) surveyed 2,042 workers and retirees forits annual retirement confidence survey in January,it didn't expect a global pandemic to come along and skew themetrics. Enter the supplemental survey, conducted late March in aneffort to gauge if and how COVID-19 had changed their outlook.

The results suggest that although COVID-19 has correlated withworkers feeling less confident about covering expenses and inretirees forking out more than they'd expected to, retirement wasthe least of their concerns.

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Raychel Lean

Raychel Lean is ALM's Florida bureau chief, overseeing the Daily Business Review. Email her at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter via @raychellean.