A CASH crunch is looming for millions of Baby Boomers and retirees as a flurry of negative financial factors conspire to reduce their incomes.
The Reserve Bank this week hinted at another interest rate cut, which would further weaken already low rates offered by savings accounts.
Added pressure is coming from age pension changes that will knock thousands of dollars off the incomes of many retirees in 10 months’ time, while some popular shares owned by mum and dad investors have slashed the size of their dividend payouts.
“There are a lot of headwinds,” said Planning for Prosperity senior adviser Bob Budreika.
Average term deposit interest rates have dropped by more than two-thirds per cent since 2008, from 7.6 per cent to 2.4 per cent, denting the incomes of the 3.6 million Australians aged over 65 and millions more Baby Boomers aged in their 50s.