Acknowledgements
This survey and report were prepared by the Consumer and Community Research Section of the Federal Reserve Board's Division of Consumer and Community Affairs (DCCA).
DCCA directs consumer- and community-related functions performed by the Board, including conducting research on financial services policies and practices and their implications for consumer financial stability, community development, and neighborhood stabilization.
DCCA staff members Alicia Lloro, Ellen Merry, Kabir Dasgupta, Jeff Larrimore, Zofsha Merchant, Fatimah Shaalan, and Anna Tranfaglia prepared this report.
Federal Reserve staff members Laura Benedict, Andrea Brachtesende, David Buchholz, Ellen Levy, David Newville, Madelyn Marchessault, Kirk Schwarzbach, and Max Virkus provided valuable feedback and contributions to the report. Additionally, Kenneth Brevoort, Erin Troland, Douglas Webber, and Mike Zabek made valuable contributions to the development of this year's survey questionnaire. The authors would also like to thank Kelly Bell, Elisa Chan, Leticia Maciel, Poom Nukulkij, and Dina Rezk for their assistance fielding the survey.
If you have questions about the survey or this report, please email [email protected].
Please cite this report as: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2023 (Washington: Board of Governors, 2024), https://doi.org/10.17016/8960.
Please cite the use of SHED data as: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking [dataset] (Washington: Board of Governors, 2024), https://doi.org/10.17016/datasets.002.