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> about half of American households had no savings in retirement accounts

We're looking at those who have 20 years left, not those who could have 60 years left. Naturally one could avoid saving anything for 39 years and then plop down a $600,000 lump sum in the final second and you would be in the exact same place as someone who slowly amassed $600,000 over the span of 40 years, so half of the population having nothing saved doesn't tell us anything.

Bringing us back to the actual topic: Of those who have 20 years left, how much do they have saved?

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>Naturally one could avoid saving anything for 39 years and then plop down a $600,000 lump sum in the final second and you would be in the exact same place as someone who slowly amassed $600,000 over the span of 40 years

Sure, they could for example win the Powerball.

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The other thing with the previous comment is that it only looks at registered retirement accounts. What about savings that can be used for retirement, but aren't registered as such? How much is found there?