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“CFI COVID-19 Survey of Consumers — Wave 5 Supplies More Details on Disruptions and New Data on Savings
Akana, Tom (2020-11-10)
This report shares results from Wave 5 of a national survey of consumers investigating COVID-19 impacts on job status, income, and personal financial security.
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Consumers Are Shifting Payment Options
Akana, Tom; Madigan, Kathleen (2020-07-13)
This research brief discusses how consumers have changed their use of various payment and banking tools during the pandemic. It also sheds light on the payment resources consumers have available.
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Despite Significant Vaccine Reluctance, More Consumers Are Upbeat About the Future
Akana, Tom (2021-08-23)
The majority of respondents felt more positive about their personal outlook in early July, according to the Consumer Finance Institute’s (CFI) latest COVID-19 Survey of Consumers. That optimism came despite a rising share of respondents who are reluctant to get vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus.
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Borrower Transitions into Student Loan Repayment: Evidence from Fall 2023 Consumer Survey Data
Monarrez, Tomás; Ritter, Dubravka (2024-01-18)
This special report launches our new series on student loan payments resumption, which provides a sequence of updates to our previous report, published on November 6, 2023, and draws on novel data collected in October and November 2023.
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How Has the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected the Supply of Consumer Credit?
Santucci, Larry (2020-08-01)
For credit card companies and other lenders, the pandemic has created a variety of risks and challenges. This report examines how credit card lenders have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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CFI COVID-19 Survey of Consumers — Employment, Income, and Financial Security as of October 2021
Akana, Tom (2021-12-14)
This report shares results from Wave 10 of a national survey of consumers investigating the effects of COVID-19 on employment and income data, including employment through the crisis, income changes and expectations for income in 2021, and financial security over the next three to 12 months.
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Renters’ Experiences During COVID-19
Reed, Davin; Divringi, Eileen; Akana, Tom (2021-03-01)
his brief provides a summary of renters’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic with rental debt, landlords, eviction worries, rental assistance programs, and spending adjustments. It is based on the renter portion of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s Consumer Finance Institute (CFI) COVID-19 Survey of Consumers – Wave 7, which was conducted in January 2021
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