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Emergency Savings

Published on March 14, 2014March 21, 2014 by Libby Bestul

Building a modest emergency fund can provide financial security and peace of mind. This brief describes the current lack of emergency savings in Wisconsin and strategies for building savings going forward.

Issue Brief: Emergency Savings: New Approaches to Save for a Rainy Day.

mp3 file*: Emergency Savings: New Approaches to Save for a Rainy Day (conversation on 3/17/2014)

*Listen now or download the audio file to an mp3 player for later listening by following the steps on this tip sheet: Adding Podcasts to iPods

Additional Resources

America Saves – Saving for Emergencies
Emergency Savings (Center for Financial Security and Charles Stewart Mott Foundation).
SaveUSA: New York City
Financial Diaries FINRA Financial Capability Survey
Online Budgeting Tool

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