Financial Fragility in America

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March 30, 2020

In January 2020, about one-in-four Americans were financially fragile. Financial fragility is the inability to cope with a mid-size shock in a short period of time. It is a self-assessed measure of capacity to deal with financial shocks, regardless of… Read More »

Financial Fragility: Evidence and Implications

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April 15, 2018

To read the National Endowment for Financial Education's Summer 2018 Digest, which features GFLEC's research on financial fragility as its covers story, click here. This research was supported by NEFE.

Empowering Youth

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February 12, 2018

The Evolution of Consumer Debt Following the Great Recession: An analysis of data from the 2015 NFCS

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August 11, 2016

Learn more about the 2015 National Financial Capability Study, a project of the FINRA Investor Education Foundation, by clicking here.