{"id":10520,"date":"2025-10-08T19:28:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T23:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kerryhannon.com\/?p=10520"},"modified":"2025-10-08T19:33:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T23:33:54","slug":"decoding-retirement-gen-x-faces-the-toughest-retirement-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kerryhannon.com\/?p=10520","title":{"rendered":"Decoding Retirement: Gen X faces the toughest retirement yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_69516\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V-3GQ70_EA8?enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=1&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">Generation X has long been regarded as scrappy and resourceful, having come of age during a period of significant societal and economic shifts. 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On this week&#8217;s Decoding Retirement, host Robert &#8220;Bob&#8221; Powell speaks with Kerry Hannon, Yahoo Finance columnist and the co-author o<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Retirement-Bites-Securing-Financial-Future\/dp\/154170584X?crid=26AJHXZLEIP0L&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.aG-siFUE4q7N2O3-kOUnyPBPUL0-zEJl8ieOC4gqdAyfDZV9Iyweo9yPYfOb2YG5paJIxJ-Ke_751ocXCkjM9aohPMsjuR7keR1pqidEu5NDAA0j8SPDa-gzndda644A3MDcUv6Xr9fpqr3iJtDg7b2GNoqF2aelI62Q5zyNlx6dFJYE4Dvnqx7ZSDplBk3U5SLLUP0UKVTzHJvMRwXqiYG5H05qlcj1VtBL1WEEkTc.pSNDVijQeXHz0qCw_7P48FEb1pRmYs64OawhhmjatJ0&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=kerry+hannon+books&amp;qid=1754688946&amp;sprefix=kerry+hannon,aps,114&amp;sr=8-1&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=kerrhann-20&amp;linkId=ed5956fc2b8f0b44f5d4c34425acd455&amp;language=en_US&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\">f &#8220;Retirement Bites: A Gen X Guide to Securing Your Financial Future<\/a>,&#8221; about what Gen X can do to prepare for the road ahead. 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