Retirement Confidence in 2026: Rising Costs, Debt, and Declining Confidence

As rising costs, debt, health care expenses and uncertainty about the future of the U.S. retirement system continue to weigh on Americans, retirement confidence has declined among both workers and retirees. This webinar from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) examined key findings from the 2026 Retirement Confidence Survey, the longest-running survey of its kind tracking worker and retiree attitudes about retirement in the United States. During this timely webinar, Daniella Moiseyev, head of retirement and income solutions content strategy at Principal Financial Group; Dee Dee Chadwick, senior director, advanced consulting group, Nationwide; Craig Copeland, director of wealth benefits research at EBRI; and Lisa Greenwald, CEO of Greenwald Research, discussed what the latest survey findings reveal about the financial pressures facing workers and retirees, the gap between retirement expectations and retirement reality, and the growing need for trusted guidance, planning tools and income solutions.