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MacroMonitor Market Trends — Archive

MacroMonitor Market Trends is a monthly newsletter from the Consumer Financial Decisions group highlighting topical news and trends of interest to you and your colleagues. If you would like more information on the items discussed in the newsletter or would like to discuss other ways that we can assist you in your research and marketing efforts, please contact us!

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2008

• June 2008
  • 401(k) Contributions May Be in Jeopardy
  • Direct Marketing Devolves
  • Peer-to-Peer Lending: Which Way Will It Go?
• May 2008
  • Higher Education: Further Out of Reach for More U.S. Households?
  • Vehicle-Loan Deals for Credit-Challenged Consumers
  • Cloudy Retirement Prospects for Women
• April 2008
  • Green Investing: Are Investors Putting Their Money Where Their Mouths Are?
  • Will Nontraditional Lending Sources Fill the Credit Void?
  • How Successful Is Automatic 401(k) Enrollment?
• March 2008
  • Households Unlikely to Go on a Spending Spree with Their Tax Rebate
  • Mass Affluent Vulnerable to High-Credit-Card–Debt Malaise
  • No Savings Cushion for Nearly Three in Ten U.S. Households
• February 2008
  • Winners and Losers in the Real Estate Meltdown
  • Boomers: Ready to Retire?
  • Regulation and Demographics: Changing the Financial Landscape
• January 2008
  • Reverse Mortgages Likely to Grow with Next Generation of Retirees
  • Delegators, Collaborators, and the Self-Reliant
  • Implications of Job Trends

2007

• November 2007
  • ATM or Debit Card Use Enhances Cross-Selling at the Primary Bank
  • Financial Ads Miss the Mark
  • Households That Have Fewer Life Events Buy Less Individual Life Insurance
• September 2007
  • Then and Now: Almost 30 Years Later
  • Bill Payment Options: Toward a Cashless, Paper-Free Environment
  • U.S. Households: Few in Order
• August 2007
  • Direct Marketing Gains Ground
  • Age: The Most Significant Difference among Owners of Subprime Mortgages
  • Retiree Life Events and Transactions
• July 2007
  • Life Insurance: Stable Trend—Changing Role
  • Peer-to-Peer Lending on the Rise
  • Sex Differences in Financial Decision Making
• June 2007
  • The New Entrepreneurial Challenge
  • Strong Debit-Card Market Penetration as ATM Cards Decline
  • Health-Care Back on the Political Agenda
• May 2007
  • Boomers and Real Estate
  • IRA Rollover Market Yet to "Boom"
  • Younger Boomers and Growth in Annuities
• April 2007
  • Debt Levels on the Rise across All Life Stages
  • Consumer Reengagement?
  • Banks Showing Signs of Organic Growth
• March 2007
  • Life Stage Trends: Changes and Implications
  • Where Consumers Are Putting Their Savings and Investments
  • Correlation: Use of Financial Advisors and Recent Life Events
• February 2007
  • In the past ten years the number of households caring for dependent adults has increased from 5.5 million to over 17 million.
  • Gen X and Gen Y households are more likely than other age cohorts to own a Health Savings Account.
  • Except for online banking, the allure of using the Internet for financial services appears to have faded among many consumers.

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