By Becky Yerak | Despite living through a serious recession, more than a third of
Americans would give themselves either a C, D or F on their
understanding of personal finance, according to a survey released Monday
by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling.
Also, a third of adults don’t put any part of their annual household
income toward retirement. Although that’s unchanged from the last year’s
annual Consumer Financial Literacy Survey, that’s up 5 percentage
points since the 2008 survey.
Of further concern is the fact that 30 percent of adults say they have
no savings. Indeed, one in four say that if faced with an emergency,
they would charge that expense to a credit card, and 29 percent would
take out a loan.
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