Pulse Points Spring 2024: Financial Health Challenges in Banking Deserts
What is the financial health of people in communities that lack banking services, and how can we reduce the number of banking deserts and improve trust?
Even as Inflation Declines, People in the U.S. Seek Ways To Cope
A recent Financial Health Pulse® survey finds half of people in the U.S. are using four or more strategies to cope with inflation, such as relying on charities or food banks.
Financial Health Pulse® 2023 U.S. Trends Report
After reaching a historic high in 2021, our 2023 U.S. Trends Report finds that the financial health of Americans has declined to pre-pandemic levels.
2023
We examine newly added demographic and socioeconomic groups and find that the financial health of Americans has declined to pre-pandemic levels.
2022
For the first time in five years of Pulse research, we see a decline in the percentage of people who are considered Financially Healthy.
2021
Explore how Americans’ financial health outcomes changed as a second year of the COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented disruptions.
2020
See how financial health evolved throughout the beginnings of the pandemic, with Pulse research revealing widening disparities across race, income, and gender.
2019
The second annual Financial Health Pulse Trends Report revealed that the majority of Americans were unprepared to weather financial shocks.
2018
Take a look at our first year of Pulse research, which established baseline measurements for how consumers in the U.S. were faring financially and identified factors shaping financial health.
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The Financial Health Pulse® initiative is made possible through generous support from funders, partners, and advisors who share our commitment to improving financial health.
