Barr: Measuring Financial Health
From federalreserve.gov
Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. In preparing for this event, I found myself reflecting on the evolution of the concept of financial health. What began as a push for expanding financial access has evolved over the decades—thanks to advances in research, technology, and the efforts of many of you here at today's conference—to a focus on delivering better financial health outcomes for American families. Financial health begins with access, but it does not end there. Products and services that are geared to meet the needs of consumers lead to tangible positive financial outcomes for them. The ...
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