The December rate hike by the Federal Reserve could mean that those saving for retirement will have an easier time trying to accumulate enough money to see them through.
According to BlackRock, the anticipation of additional rate hikes after the Fed’s Federal Open Market Committee boosted interest rates by a quarter point in December gave markets the taste for additional increases. And that anticipation has already resulted in a 16 percent drop in the cost of future retirement income.
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