Retirement is a time for pursuing your passions, reaping the fruits of your life’s work, and making the most out of life. But there are many financial pressures facing those planning to retire in the coming months and years. 

Should you worry that debt relative to GDP is rising fast here and globally? 

You hear a lot of worrying about mounting  government debt because many people are convinced that public debt is a main source of  problems for any economy. And currently the debt ceiling limit – the legislative limit on the amount of  national debt that can be incurred by the U.S. Treasury, essentially limiting how much money the  federal government can borrow, is suspended through the end of July. 

The National Federation of Independent Business was  founded in 1943 and is the largest small business  association in the U.S. The NFIB collects data from small  and independent businesses and publishes their Small  Business Economic Trends data on the second Tuesday of each month. The Index is a composite of 10  components based on expectations for: employment,  capital outlays, inventories, the economy, sales, inventory,  job openings, credit, growth and earnings.