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Last year, families in the United States continued to adjust to the shifting economic environment resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Since 2013, the Federal Reserve Board’s Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking (SHED) has provided insight into the financial challenges families were facing and monitored their financial circumstances. Over the past two years, this survey has provided valuable insights into how family finances have evolved through the pandemic.

During this session, experts will discuss the results from the most recent report on the SHED’s findings which was released on May 23, and the public data file that accompanies it. This survey asked over 11,000 people how their finances fared near the end of 2021.

The virtual event will cover findings from the SHED on the ways families fared across a range of dimensions including how parents fared through the pandemic, employment outcomes, retirement decisions, and broader family finances.

Speakers:

  • Jeff Larrimore, chief, consumer and community research section, Federal Reserve Board
  • Alicia Lloro, senior economist, consumer and community research section, Federal Reserve Board
  • Ellen Merry, principal economist, consumer and community research section, Federal Reserve Board
  • Sydney Diavua, director, community partnerships and investment, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (moderator)