BRIEF | The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today reported a 3.4 percent unemployment rate for workers age 55 and older in March, unchanged from February.

BRIEF | The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today reported a 3.4% unemployment rate for workers age 55 and older in February, a decrease of 0.1 percentage points from January.

BRIEF | The GOP-controlled House voted to rollback federal regulations supporting state efforts to provide retirement accounts to uncovered workers.

BRIEF | The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today reported a 3.5% unemployment rate for workers ages 55 and older in January, a decrease of 0.1 percentage points from December.

BRIEF | The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today reported a 3.5% unemployment rate for workers age 55 and older in November, a decrease of 0.2 percentage points from October.

BRIEF | Guaranteed Retirement Accounts would supplement an expanded Social Security.

BRIEF | On August 14, 2016, Financial Times' reporter Alistair Gray describes consumer "fury" over insurance companies' efforts to increase premiums for long-term care, sometimes doubling the cost.

BRIEF | The July unemployment rate for workers over 55 is 3.7%, an increase of 0.2 percentage points from last month.

BRIEF | The unemployment rate for older workers was 3.5% in June, increasing by 0.1 percentage points from May.

BRIEF | The Department of Labor’s monthly unemployment report released today shows an unemployment rate of 3.4% for workers over the age of 55.

BRIEF | More than half of American households who are near retirement have less than $12,000 saved.

BRIEF | A smaller share of older workers are officially looking for work. The unemployment rate for workers aged 55 to 64 was 3.6% in April, down 0.3 percentage points from March.

BRIEF | The reported unemployment rate for older workers often looks better than that for younger workers.

BRIEF | SCEPA Director Teresa Ghilarducci and Blackstone President Tony James propose a new approach to national retirement savings.

BRIEF | The average unemployment rate is down. But it is up for older workers. Today’s jobs report from the Department of Labor reports an unemployment rate of 3.7% for workers over 55 in January, up from 3.2% last month, an increase of 0.5 percentage points.

BRIEF | Today’s unemployment report - while good news for the overall economy - reveals that the number of older people in the labor market continues to outpace population growth.

BRIEF | SCEPA's Teresa Ghilarducci and the Center for American Progress' Christian Weller recommend improving retirement savings incentives.

BRIEF | Economic growth can be a rising tide to lift all boats, so we are told. Advocates for cutting Social Security benefits by raising the retirement age imply that economic growth will create jobs for older workers left to work longer.

BRIEF | The Department of Labor today announced the September unemployment rate for workers between the ages of 55-64 was 3.6%.

BRIEF | The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a slight increase for the unemployment rate for older workers (aged 55 and over) from 3.7% to 3.8% in August.