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Black and Hispanic Women’s Financial Well-Being
February 22, 2021Summary: We provide an in-depth examination of the financial well-being of Black and Hispanic women and the factors contributing to it, using the 2018 wave of the National Financial Capability Study. We document meaningful differences between Black and Hispanic women… Read More »
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Household Financial Fragility during COVID-19: Rising Inequality and Unemployment Insurance Benefit Reductions
October 04, 2020Abstract: We draw on new high-frequency survey data collected from repeated cross-sections of Americans between June and November 2020. These data capture rich measures of household financial fragility and employment status. We find evidence of a building “second wave” of… Read More »