The Top 9 Reasons People Retire Earlier Than Planned

Happy senior on her last day before early retirement
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Many workers dream of retiring early. For others, premature retirement comes as an unwelcome surprise. There are many reasons people stop working before they planned. J.P. Morgan Asset Management recently combed through data from the Employee Benefit Research Institute’s 2021 Retirement Confidence Survey to find out why people stopped working sooner than they originally planned.