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Household Well-Being Survey 2021

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  • Household self-reported financial well-being reached its highest level since the survey began in 2013, surveyed in Oct-Nov’21.
  • 78 percent of adults reported either doing okay or living comfortably financially.
  • A new high for share who would cover a $400 emergency expense using cash or its equivalent at 68%. 11% who could not pay the expense by any method.
  • 22% of employees worked entirely from home, down from 29% in late 2020, but well above the 7% who worked entirely from home before the pandemic. Those working from home indicated that they would be about as likely to look for a new job if required to return to the office as if their employer instituted a pay freeze.
  • https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/other20220523a.htm

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