The good news is that most investors take inflation into account for their retirement savings, according to a recent Nuveen survey of adults with at least $100,000 in investable assets. The bad news: Most investors don't know what the inflation rate is.
Most respondents said they carefully monitored inflation as they planned for retirement, invested or spent money. Some seven in 10 investors correctly recognized that inflation was low at present, and they largely understood that retirees experienced higher inflation rates than the norm.
Yet, 60 percent incorrectly said the U.S. inflation rate was 5 percent or higher or admitted that they were not sure. Only 32 percent came near the real number of 2 percent to 3 percent.
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