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Before the pandemic, at least one retirement trend was headed in the right direction: more workers were staying on the job longer - and that was good news for retirement security.
But COVID-19 has stopped that trend in its tracks. Early retirement is accelerating as jobless older workers give up on the labor market due to the unique health barriers posed…