Personal Financial Situation Index

Line graph. In the most recent reading, from January 2023, the Personal Financial Situation Index for expectations for a year from now is at +32. The Personal Financial Situation Index for situation compared with a year ago sits at negative 15.

Next, we are interested in how people's financial situation may have changed. Would you say that you are financially better off now than you were a year ago, or are you financially worse off now?

	Better off	Worse off	Same (vol.)	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2023 Jan 2-22	35	50	14	1
2022 Jan 3-16	41	41	18	*
2021 Jan 4-15	35	36	28	*
2020 Jan 2-15	59	20	21	*
2019 Jan 2-10	50	26	22	1
2018 Jan 2-7	48	31	21	1
2017 Jan 4-8	49	28	22	1
2016 Jan 6-10	44	35	21	*
2015 Jan 5-8	47	28	24	*
2014 Jan 5-8	35	42	22	1
2013 Jun 1-4	40	39	20	1
2012 Oct 22-23	38	34	26	2
2012 May 10-13	37	42	20	1
2012 Jan 5-8	29	49	21	1
2011 Jan 7-9	28	45	26	1
2009 May 29-31	23	54	22	1
2008 Sep 26-27	26	55	19	*
2008 May 30-Jun 1	26	55	18	1
2008 Jan 30-Feb 2	34	44	21	1
2007 Oct 12-14	39	39	22	*
2007 Jan 15-18	50	30	19	1
2006 Feb 9-12 ^	37	39	24	*
2005 Jul 22-24	42	40	17	1
2005 Jan 14-16	40	33	27	*
2003 Nov 10-12	41	38	21	*
2003 Jul 18-20	36	39	25	*
2003 Apr 14-16	31	39	29	1
2003 Feb 17-19	39	41	20	--
2002 Dec 16-17	33	44	23	*
2002 Jul 22-24	32	45	23	*
2002 May 20-22	37	36	26	1
2001 Dec 14-16	37	37	25	1
2001 Sep 7-10	37	36	26	1
2001 Aug 16-19	37	41	21	1
2001 Jul 19-22	39	36	25	*
2001 Jun 11-17	42	37	20	1
2001 Apr 6-8	42	36	22	*
2001 Feb 1-4	46	30	23	1
2001 Jan 10-14	49	30	21	*
2000 Oct 6-9	55	22	22	1
2000 May 18-21	53	26	20	1
1999 Oct 21-24	56	19	24	1
1999 Aug 24-26	53	25	22	*
1999 Jun 4-5	57	20	22	1
1999 Jan 15-17	58	21	21	*
1998 Oct 29-Nov 1	53	24	22	1
1998 Mar 20-22	55	20	24	1
1997 Jun 26-29	44	26	29	1
1997 May 6-7	45	28	25	2
1996 Mar 8-10	49	21	29	1
1994 Dec 16-18	40	31	29	*
1994 Mar 7-8	34	31	34	1
1993 Dec 4-6	36	31	33	*
1993 Jun 28-29	29	34	36	1
1992 Feb 6-9	34	46	19	1
1992 Jan 16-19	30	43	26	1
1991 Dec 5-8	33	40	26	1
1991 Oct 24-25	26	44	28	2
1991 Oct 17-20	35	42	22	1
1991 Sep 5-8	34	28	37	1
1991 Jul 11-14	34	32	33	1
1991 May 16-19	32	32	33	3
1991 Apr 11-14	29	33	36	1
1991 Mar 21-24	31	37	32	1
1991 Feb 28-Mar 3	37	28	34	1
1991 Feb 14-17	37	28	35	*
1991 Jan 11-13	27	33	39	1
1991 Jan 3-6	35	32	32	1
1990 Dec 13-16	38	36	26	*
1990 Nov 15-16	25	42	32	1
1990 Oct 25-28	38	35	26	1
1990 Oct 18-21	27	41	30	2
1990 Oct 11-14	32	41	26	*
1990 Sep 27-30	40	32	27	1
1990 Aug 9-12	43	29	27	1
1990 Jul 19-22	44	27	28	1
1990 Feb 8-11	49	24	26	1
1989 Jun 15-18	42	25	31	2
1989 Jan 24-28	44	26	28	2
1988 Sep 9-11	53	23	23	1
1988 May 13-15	47	24	28	1
1987 Aug 24-Sep 2	43	29	27	1
1987 Jun 8-14	43	32	24	1
1987 Mar 14-18	46	30	23	1
1987 Jan 16-19	39	28	33	*
1986 Sep 13-17	40	29	29	2
1986 Jul 11-14	39	25	35	1
1986 Jun 9-16	46	28	25	1
1986 Mar 4-10	46	30	24	*
1986 Jan 10-13	40	30	29	1
1985 Oct 11-14	38	27	34	1
1985 Jun 10-23	43	29	26	2
1985 Mar 8-11	47	25	27	1
1984 Nov 30-Dec 3	43	24	32	1
1984 Sep 7-9	39	26	34	1
1984 Jul 6-9	40	25	34	1
1984 Mar 16-19	36	26	37	1
1983 Mar 11-14	25	46	28	1
1982 Nov 5-8	29	37	33	1
1982 Sep 17-20	27	39	32	2
1982 Jul 30-Aug 2	25	46	26	3
1982 Apr 23-26	28	39	31	2
1982 Feb 5-8	28	47	24	1
1981 Jun 26-29	33	35	30	2
1980 Jan	30	24	45	1
1979 Jun	30	27	41	2
1978 Jul	35	31	32	2
1978 Mar 31-Apr 3	29	32	37	2
1977 Aug	39	28	31	2
1976 Sep	33	36	30	1
(vol.) = volunteered response; * Less than 0.5%; ^Asked of a half sample
Gallup

Looking ahead, do you expect that at this time next year you will be financially better off than now, or worse off than now?

	Better off	Worse off	Same (vol.)	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2023 Jan 2-22	60	28	9	3
2022 Jan 3-16	60	27	12	1
2021 Jan 4-15	63	22	14	2
2020 Jan 2-15	74	12	13	2
2019 Jan 2-10	69	16	12	3
2018 Jan 2-7	66	21	11	2
2017 Jan 4-8	66	18	13	12
2016 Jan 6-10	63	17	16	4
2015 Jan 5-8	65	15	15	5
2014 Jan 5-8	55	27	15	4
2013 Jun 1-4	57	29	10	3
2012 Oct 22-23	66	11	12	11
2012 May 10-13	63	18	15	4
2012 Jan 5-8	56	26	14	5
2011 Jan 7-9	58	23	14	5
2009 May 29-31	59	24	14	3
2008 Sep 26-27	58	25	13	5
2008 May 30-Jun 1	52	31	10	7
2008 Jan 30-Feb 2	60	23	12	5
2007 Oct 12-14	57	22	18	3
2007 Jan 15-18	65	19	12	4
2005 Jul 22-24	59	25	14	2
2004 Jan 14-16	60	22	14	4
2003 Nov 10-12	63	21	13	3
2003 Jul 18-20	60	21	16	3
2003 Apr 14-16	63	16	17	4
2003 Feb 17-19	64	20	12	4
2002 Dec 16-17	61	20	13	6
2002 Jul 22-24	67	14	13	6
2002 May 20-22	69	15	12	4
2001 Dec 14-16	69	12	15	4
2001 Sep 14-15	58	26	14	2
2001 Sep 7-10	61	20	15	4
2001 Aug 16-19	66	18	13	3
2001 Jul 19-22	64	18	13	5
2001 Jun 11-17	62	22	11	5
2001 Apr 6-8	62	18	15	5
2001 Feb 1-4	61	19	16	4
2001 Jan 10-14	63	21	13	3
2000 Oct 6-9	68	11	15	6
2000 May 18-21	67	13	14	6
1999 Oct 21-24	68	13	12	7
1999 Aug 24-26	67	13	16	4
1999 Jun 4-5	67	17	12	4
1999 Jan 15-17	68	14	14	4
1998 Oct 29-Nov 1	66	12	16	6
1998 Mar 20-22	71	9	14	6
1997 Jun 26-29	59	17	20	4
1997 May 6-7	60	20	17	3
1996 Mar 8-10	66	16	11	7
1994 Dec 16-18	63	17	17	3
1994 May 20-22	59	21	16	4
1994 Mar 7-8	53	22	19	6
1993 Dec 4-6	56	18	22	4
1993 Jun 29-30	49	14	32	5
1992 Nov 19-20	53	18	20	9
1992 Mar 26-29	51	28	16	6
1992 Feb 6-9	54	28	14	4
1992 Jan 16-19	51	28	15	6
1991 Dec 5-8	54	21	17	8
1991 Oct 24-25	45	25	19	11
1991 Oct 17-20	55	23	16	6
1991 Sep 5-8	53	19	22	6
1991 Jul 11-14	57	15	19	9
1991 May 16-19	57	16	19	8
1991 Apr 11-14	56	17	18	9
1991 Mar 21-24	56	18	20	6
1991 Feb 28-Mar 3	64	9	20	7
1991 Feb 14-17	57	15	20	8
1991 Jan 11-13	41	25	21	13
1991 Jan 3-6	52	20	18	10
1990 Dec 13-16	58	18	17	7
1990 Nov 15-16	42	31	17	10
1990 Oct 25-28	50	15	27	8
1990 Oct 11-14	48	30	13	9
1990 Sep 27-30	51	20	17	12
1990 Aug 9-12	57	20	16	7
1990 Jul 19-22	58	17	18	7
1990 Feb 8-11	65	13	16	6
1989 Jun 15-18	58	13	20	9
1989 Jan 24-26	61	13	19	7
1988 Sep 25-Oct 1	67	9	17	7
1988 Sep 9-14	54	14	29	3
1988 May 13-22	54	10	31	5
1988 May 2-8	63	9	17	11
1988 Jan 8-17	46	18	30	6
1987 Dec 16-17	61	15	17	7
1987 Oct 22-23	52	21	16	11
1987 Aug 24-Sep 2	56	16	20	8
1987 Jun 8-14	57	17	18	8
1987 Mar 14-18	59	17	18	6
1987 Jan 16-19	52	16	26	7
1986 Sep 13-17	57	16	19	8
1986 Jul 11-14	51	15	28	6
1986 Jun 9-16	57	17	20	6
1986 Mar 7-10	61	18	16	5
1986 Jan 10-13	53	15	25	7
1985 Oct 11-14	49	12	32	7
1985 Jun 10-23	52	19	19	10
1985 Mar 8-11	57	12	26	5
1984 Nov 30-Dec 3	50	17	28	5
1984 Sep 7-10	53	9	28	10
1984 Jul 6-9	52	12	28	8
1984 Mar 16-19	54	11	28	7
1983 Jun 24-27	43	19	28	10
1983 Mar 11-14	45	22	24	9
1982 Nov 5-8	41	22	27	10
1982 Sep 17-20	41	25	25	9
1982 Jul 30-Aug 2	37	29	24	10
1982 Feb 5-8	42	31	21	6
1981 Oct 2-5	40	31	21	8
1981 Jun 26-29	44	25	23	8
1980 May 16-19	41	28	23	8
1980 Jan	36	24	31	9
1979 Jun	33	27	30	10
1978 Jul	38	30	20	12
1978 Mar 31-Apr 3	40	23	29	8
1977 Aug	47	27	17	9
(vol.) = volunteered response; * Less than 0.5%; ^Asked of a half sample
Gallup

How would you rate your financial situation today -- as excellent, good, only fair or poor?

	Excellent	Good	Only fair	Poor	No opinion
	%	%	%	%	%
2023 Apr 3-25	8	37	39	16	*
2022 Apr 1-19	10	36	38	16	*
2021 Apr 1-21	12	45	34	9	--
2020 May 28-Jun 4	12	41	33	14	*
2020 Apr 1-14	12	37	36	15	*
2019 Apr 1-9	12	44	29	15	*
2018 Apr 2-11	14	41	31	13	1
2017 Apr 5-9	11	41	35	12	1
2016 Apr 6-10	9	41	32	17	*
2015 Apr 9-12	7	39	35	17	1
2014 Apr 3-6	9	39	36	16	1
2013 Apr 4-14	7	38	40	14	1
2012 Apr 9-12	7	34	41	18	*
2011 Oct 6-9	7	37	34	22	*
2011 Apr 7-11	5	37	40	18	*
2010 Apr 8-11	8	33	40	19	1
2009 Apr 6-9	6	36	39	19	1
2008 Dec 12-14	11	41	32	16	1
2008 Apr 6-9	7	38	37	17	*
2007 Apr 2-5	10	45	31	14	*
2006 Apr 10-13	10	41	37	12	*
2005 Apr 4-7	8	44	36	12	*
2004 Apr 5-8	9	42	36	13	*
2003 Mar 3-5	5	45	38	12	*
2003 Feb 3-6	5	42	38	14	1
2003 Jan 13-16	9	45	34	12	*
2002 Dec 5-8	8	49	33	10	*
2002 Nov 11-14	8	42	34	15	1
2002 Oct 14-17	9	42	36	13	*
2002 Sep 5-8	6	42	38	13	1
2002 Aug 5-8	7	40	39	13	1
2002 Jul 9-11	7	44	37	12	*
2002 Jun 3-6	7	45	33	14	1
2002 May 6-9	8	43	37	11	1
2002 Apr 8-11	9	43	35	13	*
2002 Mar 4-7	8	44	39	9	*
2002 Feb 4-6	8	42	36	13	1
2002 Jan 7-9	9	45	36	9	1
2001 Dec 6-9	9	47	34	10	*
2001 Nov 8-11	8	46	34	12	*
2001 Oct 11-14	9	46	32	13	*
2001 Sep 7-10	7	47	36	10	*
2001 Aug 16-19	8	44	35	12	1
* Less than 0.5%
Gallup

Right now, do you think that your financial situation as a whole is getting better or getting worse?

	Getting better	Getting worse	Same (vol.)	No opinion
	%	%	%	%
2023 Apr 3-25	37	50	13	*
2022 Apr 1-19	37	48	13	1
2021 Apr 1-21	52	30	18	1
2020 May 28-Jun 4	41	37	21	*
2020 Apr 1-14	35	50	15	*
2019 Apr 1-9	57	27	16	1
2018 Apr 2-11	55	29	16	1
2017 Apr 5-9	54	27	17	2
2016 Apr 6-10	47	38	14	1
2015 Apr 9-12	52	33	15	1
2014 Apr 3-6	43	40	16	*
2013 Apr 4-14	47	36	15	1
2012 Apr 9-12	42	41	16	1
2011 Oct 6-9	29	48	20	2
2011 Apr 7-11	41	41	16	2
2010 Apr 8-11	39	40	19	2
2009 Apr 6-9	34	43	22	1
2008 Apr 6-9	32	49	17	2
2007 Apr 2-5	51	32	16	1
2006 Apr 10-13	47	37	15	1
2005 Apr 4-7	49	35	15	1
2004 Apr 5-8	53	29	18	*
2003 Mar 3-5	43	35	20	2
2003 Feb 3-6	44	36	19	1
2003 Jan 13-16	54	27	18	1
2002 Dec 5-8	52	29	19	*
2002 Nov 11-14	46	32	21	1
2002 Oct 14-17	40	36	23	1
2002 Sep 5-8	47	37	15	1
2002 Aug 5-8	47	35	17	1
2002 Jul 9-11	47	34	18	1
2002 Jun 3-6	52	27	20	1
2002 May 6-9	54	28	18	*
2002 Apr 8-11	54	27	19	*
2002 Mar 4-7	55	26	18	1
2002 Feb 4-6	51	28	20	1
2002 Jan 7-9	60	22	17	1
2001 Dec 6-9	59	24	17	*
2001 Nov 8-11	45	33	21	1
2001 Oct 11-14	50	30	19	1
* Less than 0.5%; (vol.) = Volunteered response
Gallup

Personal Financial Situation Index

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