2025-06-11
8 分钟Here's your money briefing for Wednesday, June 11th.
I'm Mariana Aspuru for The Wall Street Journal.
15%.
That's the share of your annual income that financial advisors recommend goes towards retirement.
Even in an uncertain economy, Americans have now hit a record for how much they're saving.
14.3%.
That's according to a Fidelity Investments analysis of the millions of accounts it manages.
So Americans are almost there.
401k savers are just notorious for their ability to stick with the plan or whether they have a plan or not.
Not many people cut back on saving.
Way more people increased their savings rate than decreased it.
Wall Street Journal retirement reporter Anne Torgerson joins me to talk about what this tipping point means and what some savers can do
if they feel behind.
That's after the break.
Americans are now saving almost as much as they're supposed to for retirement.
Wall Street Journal reporter Anne Turgason joins me to talk about it.
Anne, just how big of a milestone is this for retirement savers?
It's something that financial advisors have long recommended that people do is save about 15% of their income annually.
That can be 15% doesn't mean that you have to save it all.
Most employees get an employer matching contribution.