Survey: More than one-third of Americans have no retirement funds saved

Survey: More than one-third of Americans have no retirement funds saved
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A new survey by Bankrate.com found that 36 percent of Americans have no money saved for retirement.

It's not just young Americans who are guilty of not saving, either — 14 percent of Americans aged 65 and older have no retirement funds, nor do 26 percent of Americans aged 50 to 64 and 33 percent of those aged 30 to 49.

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Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.