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COUNTRY Financial reports that a survey conducted immediately after the U.S. election found 55% of Americans rated their their financial security positively this year, nearly unchanged from surveys conducted in August and April.

This is two percentage points higher than the number recorded in October 2019 before the pandemic surged in the U.S. It is also significantly higher than the number in 2016, 46%, and the number in both 2012 and 2008, 44%.

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Michael S. Fischer

Michael S. Fischer is a longtime contributing writer for ThinkAdvisor. He previously reported on trade and intellectual property topics for the Economist Intelligence Unit and covered the hedge fund industry for MARHedge and Reuters News Service.