If you were not working, how long could you pay your basic monthly expenses from your emergency savings fund (excluding tapping into your retirement savings if applicable)?
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This statistic presents the time period for which emergency savings fund suffices to pay for basic expenses in case of lack of work among Millennials in the United States in 2014. It was found that ** percent of the U.S. Millennials believed that their emergency savings fund would cover basic monthly expenses for three months or less.
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Principal Financial Group. (March 10, 2015). If you were not working, how long could you pay your basic monthly expenses from your emergency savings fund (excluding tapping into your retirement savings if applicable)? [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 04, 2026, from /statistics/419648/time-for-which-emergency-savings-fund-suffices-millennials-usa/
Principal Financial Group. "If you were not working, how long could you pay your basic monthly expenses from your emergency savings fund (excluding tapping into your retirement savings if applicable)?." Chart. March 10, 2015. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed August 04, 2026. /statistics/419648/time-for-which-emergency-savings-fund-suffices-millennials-usa/
Principal Financial Group. (2015). If you were not working, how long could you pay your basic monthly expenses from your emergency savings fund (excluding tapping into your retirement savings if applicable)?. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: August 04, 2026. /statistics/419648/time-for-which-emergency-savings-fund-suffices-millennials-usa/
Principal Financial Group. "If You Were Not Working, How Long Could You Pay Your Basic Monthly Expenses from Your Emergency Savings Fund (excluding Tapping into Your Retirement Savings If Applicable)?." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 10 Mar 2015, /statistics/419648/time-for-which-emergency-savings-fund-suffices-millennials-usa/
Principal Financial Group, If you were not working, how long could you pay your basic monthly expenses from your emergency savings fund (excluding tapping into your retirement savings if applicable)? ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/419648/time-for-which-emergency-savings-fund-suffices-millennials-usa/ (last visited August 04, 2026)
If you were not working, how long could you pay your basic monthly expenses from your emergency savings fund (excluding tapping into your retirement savings if applicable)? [Graph], Principal Financial Group, March 10, 2015. [Online]. Available: /statistics/419648/time-for-which-emergency-savings-fund-suffices-millennials-usa/
