Money in the Bank? Assessing Families' Liquid Savings using the Survey of Consumer Finances

Abstract

We estimate that sixty percent of American families have liquid savings of less than three months of their own expenses, and nearly one-quarter have less than $400. In this Note we use data from the Federal Reserve Board's triennial Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) to directly assess American families' liquid savings.

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