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Well-to-do Americans rush to retire in new life-is-short mindset
Craig DiLorenz, retired this year at 58 years old, in Chicago, on April 23, 2021. (Bloomberg photo by Sebastian Hidalgo)
Melissa Marteney in Newburyport, Mass., on April 24. (Bloomberg photo by Kayana Szymczak)
Published May 03. 2021 2:07AM
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More Americans are considering retirement because of COVID
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After a year of early morning Zoom calls, the specter of a deadly virus and soaring stock and real estate values, working American baby boomers who can afford it plan to get out while the getting s good.
About 2.7 million Americans age 55 or older are contemplating retirement years earlier than they d imagined because of the pandemic, government data show. They re more likely to be White, a group that typically has a larger amount of accumulated wealth, and many cite robust retirement accounts and COVID-19 fatigue for their early exit, according to interviews with wealth managers and federal surveys.