首页
登录
职称英语
Older Americans are heading into and through retirement with a boatload(船的载货
Older Americans are heading into and through retirement with a boatload(船的载货
游客
2024-02-01
16
管理
问题
Older Americans are heading into and through retirement with a boatload(船的载货量)of debt. They’re carrying everything from mortgages and home-equity loans to big credit-card balances, and many are finding the burdens harder and harder to bear. In the last eight years, the over-55 crowd has become the age group most likely to declare bankruptcy, according to the AARP.
The statistics are unsettling. More than half of people 50 and older who carry debt spend most of their monthly income paying it down. An AARP study released before the worst of the current recession hit found that a quarter of those folks spend more than 75 percent of their income on their debts. Americans 65 and older who carry credit-card balances saw their average balance rise to $ 10,235 , up 26 percent from 2005 , according to Demos, a public-policy research group.
"We are seeing an across-the-board increase in seniors coming to us for help," says Gail Cunningham, of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling. " They are in financial distress for a variety of reasons: because a spouse has died, they are helping their children and grandchildren, they have credit-card debts, and their home values have declined. "
Retirees have a harder time paying down those debts, too, because they don’t have salaries to devote to the effort. Most have seen their nest eggs decline. Even those who want to return to work to pay down their debts may not be able to find a job, says Cunningham.
In different economic times, retirees might have downsized and cashed in their homes to pay off their debts—or at least have gotten reverse mortgages against those homes to carry them for a while. But with declines in housing markets, they may not have enough equity in their homes to do that. Some, like their younger neighbors, likely owe more on their homes than they are worth.
Not all retirement debt is cause for concern, though it can be hard to separate good debt from bad debt. Someone retiring with sufficient assets to cover what he or she owes may choose to keep their existing long-term low-interest mortgage, because it can help them keep their assets invested, offering them emergency funds and the promise of greater returns on that money. But even that can be problematic for 401(k)and IRA savers who face income taxes on the withdrawals they make to pay their bills. A couple in a 30 percent tax bracket(纳税等级), for example, would have to take $ 1 ,300 out of their IRA to pay their $ 1 ,000 mortgage check. [br] We can infer from Gail Cunningham’s words that______.
选项
A、the retirees should try their best to return to work
B、retirement is helpful for the seniors to pay their debts
C、most of the seniors’ bank savings have declined
D、credit-card can help the retirees to help their children
答案
C
解析
事实细节题。第四段提及,康宁汉姆认为“大部分退休人员的储蓄金在减少”,由此可知C)为正确答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3413655.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]AgoodwaytoseetheUSAisbycar.Americanslovetheiraut
[originaltext]AgoodwaytoseetheUSAisbycar.Americanslovetheiraut
[originaltext](16)Americansgetsomeoftheirnewsandentertainmentfrom
Nextmonth,NewYorkstudentsingradesthreethrougheightwilltakethest
Nextmonth,NewYorkstudentsingradesthreethrougheightwilltakethest
Thetwoeconomistscalltheirpaper"MentalRetirement",andtheirargument
Thetwoeconomistscalltheirpaper"MentalRetirement",andtheirargument
Thetwoeconomistscalltheirpaper"MentalRetirement",andtheirargument
FixingaWorldThatFostersObesityA)WhyareAmericansgett
FixingaWorldThatFostersObesityA)WhyareAmericansgett
随机试题
Ah,praise.Sopowerfularesimplewordsofapprovalandadmirationthatthe
WhichofthefollowingitalicizedpartsisNOTanobjectclause?A、Ifounditnec
ThereisanerrorinanEnglishmagazinethatyoufeelmustbecorrected.Wr
施工合同中应用广泛,建设单位造价控制容易,施工单位需要承担较大风险的合同是()
某4跨简支梁桥,每跨上部结构由4片预应力T梁组成,请根据《公路桥梁技术状况评定标
卵巢与子宫相连的韧带是()A.卵巢固有韧带 B.卵巢系膜 C.卵巢悬
在正向市场上,如果投资者预期近期合约价格的( ),适合进行熊市套利。 Ⅰ.下
《大医精诚》的作者是()A.孙思邈B.李时珍C.张仲景D.林逋E.刘完素
()级保护用电流互感器是具有剩磁通限值的低漏抗保护用电流互感器,当已知其二次励磁
2011年中部地区货物和服务净出口最多的省份是:() A.安徽 B.河南
最新回复
(
0
)