Bureau of the Census

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  What If You Had Bought Apple?

  By Michael Ham  |  March 19, 2012

  Insured products like annuities are fine. But maybe it’s time to look at the stock market again.

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  Why the Big Talk About Small Businesses is Wrong

  By Bernard Condon and Matthew Craft  |  February 21, 2012

  If there's one thing Republicans and Democrats agree on, it's that small business is the answer to what ails the economy. But are they right?

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  Disability Insurance Observer: Who's Out There?

  By Allison Bell  |  December 16, 2011

  Federal survey teams will standardize the disability indicators they use and ask about Medicare enrollees' health status changes.

• Senior Services Keeps Elders on the Move (Seattle Times)

  By Staff Writer  |  December 5, 2011

  The number of people age 90 or older is nearly triple that of 30 years ago, according to a government report by the Census Bureau, and poverty becomes increasingly likely as a person ages. More seniors need help, in part because the resources they used to rely on are drying...

• US Wealth Gap Between Young and Old is Widest Ever

  By Hope Yen  |  November 7, 2011

  The wealth gap between younger and older Americans has stretched to the widest on record, worsened by a prolonged economic downturn that has wiped out job opportunities for young adults and saddled them with housing and college debt.

• Mobility Falls to Record Low as Americans Stay Put (Boston Globe)

  By Staff Writer  |  October 28, 2011

  At 11.6 percent, U.S. mobility has reached its lowest recorded point since the Census Bureau began tracking migration in 1948.

• Number of Uninsured Continues to Rise

  By Nmorford@sbmedia.com, Nmorford@sbmedia.com  |  September 26, 2011

  The number of Americans without health care coverage is rising. This isn’t surprising, given the seemingly endless rounds of layoffs: fewer employees means fewer people ...

• EBRI: Workers Working Longer

  By Staff Writer  |  February 17, 2011

  The recession slowed but did not stop the trend of older U.S. residents staying in the workforce longer.

• Study Find Early Boomers Hold Off on Retiring

  By Staff Writer  |  October 1, 2010

  Early baby boomers will remain in the workforce beyond traditional retirement age, some forgoing the tradition of a leisure-filled life for retirees, according to the MetLife's Mature Market Institute.