The Primerica Financial Security Monitor
A quarterly U.S. survey measuring the financial confidence and outlook of middle-income families
Since September 2020, the Primerica Financial Security Monitor has surveyed middle-income households quarterly to gain a clear picture of their financial situation. Here you can explore archived factsheets, press releases and media coverage to better understand how the financial situation of millions of families is changing.
Primerica U.S. Financial Security Monitor Fact Sheets and Press Releases
- Q1 2024: Press Release, Fact Sheet
- Q4 2023: Press Release, Fact Sheet
- Special Report: Perception vs. Reality: Examining Middle-Income Households' Financial Outlook Heading into 2024: Press Release, White Paper
- Q3 2023: Press Release, Fact Sheet
- Q2 2023: Press Release, Fact Sheet
- Q1 2023: Press Release, Fact Sheet
- Special Report: The Financial Condition of American Families Heading into 2023 (February 2023): Press Release, White Paper
- Q4 2022: Press Release, Fact Sheet
- Q3 2022: Press Release, Fact Sheet
- Q2 2022: Press Release, Fact Sheet
- Q1 2022: Press Release, Fact Sheet
- Q4 2021: Press Release
- Q3 2021: Press Release
- Q4 2020: Press Release, Insights Report
- Q3 2020: Press Release, Insights Report
- 2020 Middle-Income Americans' Financial Outlook Amid a Pandemic: Press Release, Insights Report
- Q1 2021: Fact Sheet
- 2019 African Americans' Financial Outlook: Insights Brief
- 2019 Hispanic Americans' Financial Outlook: Insights Brief
- 2019 Original Monitor: Press Release, Insights Report, Infographic
Primerica Canadian Financial Security Monitor Fact Sheets and Press Releases
- Special Report: Balancing Act: Enhancing Regulation without Compromising Financial Access in Canada (May 2023): Press Release, White Paper
- Q4 2022: Press Release, Insights Report
- Q1 2021: Press Release, Insights Report
Primerica Financial Security Monitor in the Media
The Monitor has become a reliable source of data and insight for reporters on the financial situation of middle-income families. Below is a small sampling of this media coverage:
- Feb. 4, 2023 | Fortune Online | Inflation is wreaking havoc on the American middle class and 8 out of 10 say they are spending their savings just to get by
- Jan. 18, 2023 | CNBC Online | Amid inflation, more middle-class Americans struggle to make ends meet
- Oct. 19, 2022 | MarketWatch | We are seeing an increasing reliance on credit': Consumers are worried about rising prices and a looming recession.
- Oct. 19, 2022 | CBS News | Inflation is pushing half of Americans to consider second jobs
- July 20, 2022 | CBS News | Most middle-class Americans say they can't support their cost of living, survey finds
- July 18, 2022 | CNBC Online | 75% of middle-class households say their income is falling behind the cost of living
- May 11, 2022 | Fortune Online | Pace of inflation eased some in April, but many Americans continue to struggle
- January 20, 2022 | CBS News | Survey shows inflation's impact on middle-income families
- January 20, 2022 | Bloomberg Online | Middle-class Americans are feeling the pain of inflation everywhere
- January 20, 2022 | Fox Business Online | Americans worried rising inflation will outpace their wages this year
- July 10, 2020 | Yahoo! Finance | Financial impact of COVID-19 on middle-income America
- July 19,2020 | USA TODAY | There are two COVID Americas. One hopes for an extension of federal unemployment and stimulus. The other is saving and spending.