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Americans resolve to increase savings and reduce debt in 2010, First Command reports

First Command Financial Behaviors Index™ rises to highest level since May 2008

FORT WORTH, Texas – American families are starting 2010 with a strong commitment to bump up their savings and cut back on debt, intensifying a growing trend toward fiscal responsibility and frugality.

Fourth-quarter findings of the First Command Financial Behaviors Index™ reveal that the ranks of middle-class consumers with a positive savings-to-debt ratio – total savings compared to total debt – climbed to 42 percent in December, the highest level in the history of the Index. Moreover, the percentage of respondents with a positive savings-to-debt ratio reached 55 percent among families with a financial planner – an 11-point increase since July.

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    Austin, TX
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    October 10 - 12
    Denver, CO
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    October 24 - 27
    Washington DC

 

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