How are Americans preparing financially?
64%
64% of US adults increased their savings as a preparedness measure.
n = 6,071 US adults · Fielded 2026 · Cherry Data Signals
Breakdown
Increased savings64%
Cut discretionary spending53%
Built an emergency fund47%
Diversified investments38%
Picked up extra income33%
Bought gold or hard assets26%
Considered relocating21%
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Multiple selections allowed; figures do not sum to 100.
What it means
Financial preparedness is the most common form of all, and the most conventional: saving more and spending less.
Methodology
- Sample
- 6,071
- Population
- US adults
- Country
- United States
- Fielded
- 2026
- Research by
- Cherry Data Signals
- Study
- The new prepper economy
Cite this statistic
Cherry Data Signals (2026). "How are Americans preparing financially?" Survey of 6,071 US adults, United States. https://cherrysignals.com/statistics/how-are-americans-preparing-financially
Free to reproduce with attribution to Cherry Data Signals and a link to this page.
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