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How long would your emergency savings last?
Surveying U.S. adults since 2011
Last updated: May 16, 2025
Emergency savings
How would you pay for a $1,000 unplanned expense?
Surveying U.S. adults since 2018
Last updated: Dec 6, 2024
Emergency savings
Do you have more credit card debt or emergency savings?
Surveying U.S. adults since 2011
Last updated: Jan 3, 2025
Credit card debt
What is your biggest financial priority?
Surveying U.S. adults since 2018
Last updated: Jan 3, 2025
Personal finance
How long have you carried a credit card balance?
Surveying U.S. adults since 2019
Last updated: Nov 13, 2024
Credit card debt
How do you prefer to invest your money?
Surveying U.S. adults since 2013
Last updated: Jan 17, 2025
Investing
What is your personal finance outlook this year?
Surveying U.S. adults since 2018
Last updated: Nov 6, 2024
Personal finance
What are your financial goals?
Surveying U.S. adults since 2018
Last updated: Nov 6, 2024
Personal finance
How do you define the American dream?
Surveying U.S. adults since 2021
Last updated: Mar 4, 2025
Homeownership
What's holding you back from homeownership?
Surveying U.S. adults since 2021
Last updated: Mar 4, 2025
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While most homeowners are happy with their choice, many feel some level of remorse.
Aspiring homebuyers need an annual household income of nearly $117,000 to afford the typical home in the U.S., according to a new Bankrate study.
Almost half of homeowners in a new Bankrate survey say they’d need mortgage rates to fall below 5 percent in order to feel comfortable buying a home this year.
Nationwide, the typical home costs nearly 37 percent more to buy than to rent on a monthly basis.
Is it worth using retirement savings to fund a down payment on a home?
More than half of aspiring homeowners in a new Bankrate survey say cost of living and low incomes prevent them from saving for a down payment and closing costs.
Nearly half of Americans are still in credit card debt.
Fewer than half of Americans are planning to travel this summer, with costs and lack of interest topping the reasons they aren’t.
Overspending for points or cash becomes futile when interest charges kick in.
Rate cuts from the Fed usually help borrowers. They aren’t right now.
Many Americans keep financial secrets like hidden expenses or debt.
48 percent of cardholders are in debt, down slightly from earlier this year.
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People who are traveling for the holidays are making changes to save money.
The gender pay gap impacts all women, but not in the same way.
A new Bankrate survey shows how our childhood influences our money habits.
That $100K salary goes a lot further in some metros than others. Here’s why.
Middle-income Americans often don’t feel financially secure, despite their salaries.
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Weeks before the election, most people feel pessimistic about where the economy is headed.
People are impulsively spending hundreds on products seen on social media.
Do you earn side money? More than 1 in 2 Gen Zers and millennials have side hustles.
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Over the past sweltering summer, 72% of Americans had higher electric bills.
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