This statistic presents the time for which an emergency savings fund would last to cover monthly expenses of the Millennials in the United States in 2014. During the survey period, 32 percent of the U.S. Millennials stated that if they had no work, their emergency savings fund would cover 4 to 6 months of their expenses.
If you were not working, how long could you pay your basic monthly expenses from your emergency savings fund (excluding tapping into your retirement savings if applicable)?
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Principal Financial Group. (March 10, 2015). If you were not working, how long could you pay your basic monthly expenses from your emergency savings fund (excluding tapping into your retirement savings if applicable)? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/500122/us-millennials-time-their-emergency-savings-fund-would-last/
Principal Financial Group. "If you were not working, how long could you pay your basic monthly expenses from your emergency savings fund (excluding tapping into your retirement savings if applicable)?." Chart. March 10, 2015. Statista. Accessed September 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/500122/us-millennials-time-their-emergency-savings-fund-would-last/
Principal Financial Group. (2015). If you were not working, how long could you pay your basic monthly expenses from your emergency savings fund (excluding tapping into your retirement savings if applicable)?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/500122/us-millennials-time-their-emergency-savings-fund-would-last/
Principal Financial Group. "If You Were Not Working, How Long Could You Pay Your Basic Monthly Expenses from Your Emergency Savings Fund (excluding Tapping into Your Retirement Savings If Applicable)?." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Mar 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/500122/us-millennials-time-their-emergency-savings-fund-would-last/
Principal Financial Group, If you were not working, how long could you pay your basic monthly expenses from your emergency savings fund (excluding tapping into your retirement savings if applicable)? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/500122/us-millennials-time-their-emergency-savings-fund-would-last/ (last visited September 26, 2024)
If you were not working, how long could you pay your basic monthly expenses from your emergency savings fund (excluding tapping into your retirement savings if applicable)? [Graph], Principal Financial Group, March 10, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/500122/us-millennials-time-their-emergency-savings-fund-would-last/