{"id":157267,"date":"2025-11-28T01:50:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T01:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/157267\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T01:50:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T01:50:07","slug":"retirement-age-to-hit-a-new-high-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/157267\/","title":{"rendered":"Retirement age to hit a new high next year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The retirement age in the U.S. is about to hit a new high next year.<\/p>\n<p>Starting in 2026, Social Security\u2019s \u201cFull Retirement Age\u201d will increase to 67 years old.<\/p>\n<p>The increase will first impact the youngest Baby Boomers, or those born between 1960 and 1964, followed by Generation X, which spans 1965 to 1980.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s frustrating,\u201d 55-year-old Aaron Courteau of St. Paul said. \u201cIt\u2019s disappointing. There\u2019s also an aspect of what can you do about it. It\u2019s a bit of a bait-and-switch. It is also the reality, that things change.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You can choose to claim benefits at age 62 with a permanent reduction in the monthly pension amount.<\/p>\n<p>When deciding to retire, experts say you should consider your health, work plans, and other income sources to improve your financial well-being.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFor Related Stories:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kstp.com\/tag\/joe-mazan\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Mazan<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kstp.com\/tag\/money-matters\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Money Matters<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kstp.com\/tag\/retirement\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Retirement<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kstp.com\/tag\/social-security\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Social Security<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The retirement age in the U.S. is about to hit a new high next year. Starting in 2026,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[138,246,104000,8759,111,139,69,244,245,294,1050],"class_list":{"0":"post-157267","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-finance","10":"tag-joe-mazan","11":"tag-money-matters","12":"tag-new-zealand","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-nz","15":"tag-personal-finance","16":"tag-personalfinance","17":"tag-retirement","18":"tag-social-security"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}