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Thursday, June 19, 2025

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Top travel destinations and spending habits

Most Americans are eager to travel in 2024. Discover how much they’re spending, budgeting and traveling. 

What would Americans do with a windfall?

Explore how Americans would spend a windfall in 2024, from savings and debt repayment to indulgent purchases.

2024 money plans and goals

Discover insights from a survey of 1,008 Americans on their financial strategies and priorities for 2024, revealing key trends and outlooks. 

For love or money? Americans’ spending habits for Valentine’s Day

New research on Americans’ attitudes about money and relationships, from Valentine’s Day gift giving to everyday habits.

All in a day's spending: Americans' habits are changing

With a shift toward online retail, the growth of social media and the rise of inflation, here's how shopping and spending habits are evolving.

What do women want financially?

With women's wealth expected to almost triple by 2030, Empower explores how different generations approach financial happiness.

Making it: How Americans feel about financial independence

Empower's study reveals that more than 2 in 5 define “making it” as reaching financial independence (44%).  

Family finances: Navigating money matters across generations

Each generation has different money perceptions: how to save, where to spend, what to invest in. To dive deeper into family finances, Empower surveyed 1,007 Americans about their spending and saving habits.

Taking stock: A look at how Americans are investing

Examining how Americans are redefining investing and gifting, with insights from 1,003 stock owners and retail investors.

Now or later: Making moves toward money milestones

Financial goals can have different target dates. In this research, consumers weigh in on which milestones they're working toward and when they want to hit them.

Financing the festivities: America’s holiday spending and saving habits

With the holiday season in full swing, the time of giving is also the time for spending. Empower surveyed 1,003 Americans to see what this season has in store for plans to both spend and save money. 

The price of financial happiness? $1.2 million

The secret to Financial Happiness: To most Americans, it’s more than net worth. Empower’s research explores the state of happiness in life, work, and play to find out what it really takes to be happy in your working years and beyond. 

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