How to deal with economic uncertainty? Emergency savings are a start

An analysis from Investopedia indicated that average families in the United States should have saved for emergency expenses at least $35,000.

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Though people can't seem to agree on what makes the American economy "good" or "bad" (with people's perceptions being heavily influenced by who sits in the White House at any given time), there's no question that economic uncertainty is on many people's minds. Middle-agers who lived through the Great Recession of 2008 and the COVID-19 pandemic of the early 2020s know how fast economic stability can falter, and youngsters have started their adult…

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Investopedia calculated exactly how much emergency savings the average household should have in 2025. It's a large number.

How to deal with economic uncertainty? Emergency savings are a start

“Emergency savings is one of the single best predictors of a person’s financial well-being,” said Stephen Roll, codirector of research and policy innovation at the Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis, where he studies economic security.