Country Financial Security Index: Americans’ Financial Security Falls Further at Mid-Year
Country Financial Security Index Records Second Consecutive Decline
Americans' perception of their financial security continued to slip in June, as the COUNTRY Financial Security Index declined 1.2 points to 68.2. The latest reading marks the second consecutive decline and is two points lower than the beginning of the year when the Index was 70.2. It also marks a decline across the board in every category since the Index was created. The COUNTRY Index records the perceived financial security of respondents on a scale of 0-100 with 100 indicating the highest level of security.
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