Daily Column – 12th April 2022


Tom Brady started a new thing, and now people do it all the time. No, not “having a bad haircut and becoming famous anyway.” Instead, he was forced to retire. Following in the footsteps of No. 12, many retirees in the U.S. are calling for a return to work for those who left too early.

It was 38.9 percent in March, up from 38.4 percent in October. In the last six months, almost half a million people in that age group joined the workforce.

People who haven’t retired aren’t likely to care as much about winning another Super Bowl as they are about staying on top of rising prices. Yesterday, the Federal Reserve did a survey and found that the American public’s expectations of inflation over the next year hit a high point for the first time ever. For older people who live on a fixed income, it could be a sign to get more money.

It was a U-turn from a long time ago.

Pandemics aren’t just bad for the job market. They also caused a huge rise in early retirements. It’s because of health issues and rising home prices that about 2.6 million more Americans than expected decided to retire early from February 2020 to October 2021 than they were expected to do, which is why they did it.

When the stimulus checks and unemployment benefits ran out but there were still a lot of jobs available, businesses started giving workers perks like flexible work schedules, higher pay rates and new head coaches to get them back. Vaccines also became available, and health concerns went down.

There were a lot of people who thought that they should call their retirement early and go back to work instead. 2.8% of people who retired in January 2021 were back at work a year later, according to an analysis by Indeed.


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