Financial security

The Fed's annual Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking doesn't include breakout data on American Indian and Alaska Native households. New research aims to fill that data gap.

Nine years of unpublished data show that American Indian and Alaska Native households report greater financial stress and less security.

The one-year program increased payments and expanded eligibility to the poorest families. Congress has not moved to extend those changes. 

Two recent surveys show a trend toward increased financial discipline.

People in Los Angeles and New York share their thoughts.