The 2025 TIAA-GFLEC Study Confirms It: Low Financial Literacy Makes You 3 Times More Financially Fragile
Key takeaways
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- Adults with very low financial literacy, defined as answering 25% or fewer of the index questions correctly, are three times more likely to be financially fragile than those answering 75% or more correctly.
- The reality is that financial fragility has a specific definition, and it s something everyone should know: it s the inability to come up with $2,000 for an unexpected expense within a month.
The 2025 TIAA-GFLEC Study Confirms It: Low Financial Literacy Makes You 3 Times More Financially Fragile David Beren Sat, May 16, 2026 at 11:43 PM GMT+7 5 min read Quick Read Adults with very low financial literacy (answering 25% or fewer index questions correctly) are three times more likely to be financially fragile—defined as inability to cover a $2,000 unexpected expense within a month—and five times more likely to lack emergency reserves despite rising nominal wages.
U.S. financial literacy has stalled at roughly 49% correct answers on the TIAA-GFLEC index since 2017, while households face pandemic disruptions, refinancing cycles, inflation reaching 3.7%, and rate volatility, creating a dangerous gap where raises are absorbed by spending rather than building safety nets.
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