Reports

This report on the Bureau’s September 17th, 2018 Building a Bridge to Credit Visibility Symposium summarizes the panel discussions that took place during the event and highlights the key themes that stood out from those conversations.

This report describes the outcomes of the Bureau-initiated community convenings in Florida, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Montana, and Oregon. The purpose of the report is to share the learnings and achievements from the convenings to encourage the establishment of new or enhance existing networks and help communities improve coordination and collaboration between responders and service providers.

This research brief explores the factors that are associated with financial well-being for veterans. It relies on data from the Bureau’s National Financial Well-Being Survey to examine the distribution of financial well-being scores for veterans in the United States.

This report lays out key unanswered research questions in youth financial education identified by a range of stakeholders.

This report is designed to help education policymakers, program leaders, financial educators, and academic researchers make evidence-informed policy, programming and resourcing decisions in school-based financial education.

This report provides data and analysis around the most common complaints submitted by servicemembers to the Bureau. This report also highlights emerging issues and continuing trends facing servicemembers in the financial marketplace.

This report explores the factors that are associated with the financial well-being of older Americans. It relies on data from the National Financial Well-Being Survey to examine the distribution of financial well-being scores for adults ages 62 and older in the United States.

This report describes Bureau research on ways to help consumers better manage their cash flow and bills. This research found that suggesting consumers do something as simple as changing bill due dates to align with income flow could help some consumers better manage their cash flow.

Building and retaining savings is important because it provides a financial foundation on which to plan for the future.

The Bureau held a forum on child savings accounts. We produced a report on the forum so that you can learn more about how states and communities are offering opportunities for families to save for post-secondary education.

The Bureau led a research effort to develop a “scale” to measure financial skill. This guide describes the research behind the Financial Skill Scale and provides detailed steps for using the scale.

The Bureau conducted a study to analyze the associations between financial capability factors, financial situation, and financial well-being. This report summarizes the results of the study and show evidence of a pathway to financial well-being.

The Building Blocks Measurement Guide provides a means of assessing young people’s progress toward acquiring the foundations of financial capability.

In this series of research briefs, the Bureau’s Office of Research and Division of Consumer Education and Engagement examine whether encouraging mortgage shopping benefits consumers.

The CFPB held the Youth Employment Success Roundtable in 2017 to give youth employment programs the opportunity to share their learning, elevate the challenges they experience in supporting financial knowledge and skill development for young workers, and to provide input on the CFPB’s Youth Employment Success initiative. This report summarizes key insights and potential next steps generated during the event.

The purpose of this report is to raise awareness about the issues that limited English proficient consumers face when participating in the financial marketplace.

This report shares findings from qualitative interviews with consumers about their experiences with overdraft programs and fees.

This report presents the findings of a national survey that examined the financial well-being of U.S. adults. The report shows the distribution of financial well-being scores for the U.S. adult population and for selected subgroups.

This issue brief explores the tradeoffs of borrowing a reverse mortgage loan in order to delay claiming Social Security.

The CFPB has identified ten promising practices for tax assistance providers to help people save when filing their taxes.

This report provides an overview of the 2017 Financial Coaching Symposium, including lessons learned and next steps for the field to consider.

There is no single right way to help adults improve financial decision-making, just as there is no single right way everyone should conduct their financial...

This report describes CFPB research on ways to help people make decisions for spending their retirement savings. The study explored ways to communicate retirement spending options, whether it is years before retirement or “just in time” when retirement is near.

This technical report describes the development and scoring procedures of the CFPB Financial Well-Being Scale.

This report introduces the Office of Servicemember Affairs' new focus: charting the financial issues a servicemember faces throughout his or her military...