How Are the Pandemic and Recession Impacting Social Security Benefits?

The three-legged stool of retirement planning is the idea that Social Security, your personal savings and a pension or employer-sponsored 401(k) should work together to give you a stable retirement. However, none of these is expected to work on its own, even in the best of times. Social Security benefits play an important role in retirement security, and they are being impacted by current events in several ways.  Learn more from Kiplinger.