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Financial Health Pulse: 2021 U.S. Trends Report
Discover how Americans’ financial health outcomes have changed as COVID-19 continued to create unprecedented disruptions.
Unpaid and Unprotected: How the Lack of Paid Leave for Medical and Caregiving Purposes Impacts Financial Health
Paid leave for medical and caregiving purposes can help workers cope in challenging times.
Explore All 2021 Pulse Research
Pulse Points Fall 2021: How Families Are Using Child Tax Credits
New Pulse transactional data suggests that child tax credit payments have had a positive financial impact on recipients, particularly those who experienced hardship in the past.
Emergency Savings, Combined with Support Networks, Reduced Hardships During the Pandemic
This research was produced by the Financial Health Network in collaboration with BlackRock’s Emergency Savings Initiative. ESI is a cross-sector program with a mission to help people living on low to moderate incomes gain access to and increase usage of proven savings strategies and tools – ultimately helping them establish an important safety net.
Pulse Points Summer 2021: The Impact of Stimulus Payments and Reopening the Economy
From April 1 to June 30, 2021, Americans balanced saving and new spending opportunities, with minimal changes in earned income.
On the Front Lines: How LMI Workers Coped During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Key Finding: Low- to moderate-income (LMI) frontline workers are less likely to be Financially Healthy than non-frontline LMI workers.
Pulse Points Spring 2021: The Effects of Stimulus Payments and Tax Refunds on Consumer Finances
Stimulus payments and tax refunds caused account inflows to spike 33% in January and 42% in March, according to analysis from our new Pulse Points series.
One Year into the Pandemic, Millions of Americans Still Struggling
Since the last Pulse survey in August 2020, more people are struggling to afford healthcare, which may lead to long-term health consequences beyond those created directly by COVID-19.
3 Takeaways from EMERGE Workplace
The pandemic has made it clear that workplace benefits are evolving. As Harvard Business Review recently reported, the vast majority of leaders are planning to expand benefits as a result of the COVID-19. What should your organization be considering? We designed our inaugural EMERGE…
The U.S. Financial Health Pulse: A Roadmap for Recovery
As vaccines roll out across the country, the Biden administration is considering bold policies to help struggling households, businesses, and communities recover from the health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. For these efforts to be successful, the new administration – along with businesses, employers, and other stakeholders –…
