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A new survey has found that Americans age 45 and older think, on average, it will take $1.1 million to retire comfortably—but only 21 percent expect to reach the $1 million mark by retirement, and almost 60 percent expect to have half of that or less when they retire.

The information comes from the Schroders 2023 U.S. Retirement Survey, conducted earlier this year with 2,000 investors ages 27 to 79. The median income of the respondents is $75,000.

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