Personal Financejd8 / Shutterstock.comAaron WebberAround 31% of Millennials currently have under $1,000 in savings. Another 21% have between $1,000-$5,000, and then 9% of Millennials have $5,001-$10,000. Does that seem bleak? Yes. Absolutely. The neutral news is that this percentage mirrors their Generation Z and Generation X neighbors. Coming out on top are the 17% of Baby Boomers who have over $500,000 in savings, followed by 20% of Baby Boomers having under $1,000.
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If we are talking about the entire American population, 28% currently have less than $1,000 in savings. This includes personal savings, emergency funds, non-workplace retirement accounts, and non-workplace retirement investment accounts. However, 34% of Millennials had planned to save $2,501 to $5,000 by the end of 2024. Financial Literacyjamaludinyusuppp / Shutterstock.comLearning how to save money.Speaking of financial literacy, only 57% of American adults are adequately financially literate. 10 years ago, 76% of American adults were financially literate. With the wealth disparity that is happening, the fact that financial literacy is on a statistical downward trend isn’t surprising. Financial literacy is understanding enough about various financial skills in order to make informed decisions about your money. This can include things like investing, budgeting, saving, debt, and living within your means. Having adequate financial literacy can help you understand what kind of life you can afford, build your credit score, build wealth for retirement, and most importantly, survive this post-capitalist hellscape that we seem to be spiraling into. Financial literacy, or personal finance knowledge, can be monitored with the P-Fin Index. The P-Fin Index is a set of 28 questions in an annual survey to measure these statistics. A couple of other surveys known as “The Big 5,” and “The Big 3,” are standardized questions that visit topics such as risk comprehension, retirement fluency, social security benefits, inflation, the difference between simple and compound interest, and investing. A question that is considered one of the most important questions on the P-Fin Index to determine adequate financial literacy is:Suppose you had $100 in a savings account and the interest rate was 2% per year. After five years, how much do you think you would have in the account if you left the money to grow?Can you answer this