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Benefits advisors and their employer clients are increasingly seeking information and guidance about offering financial wellness plans to their employees. Financial wellness can encompass many things, from financial education to voluntary products to budgeting and financial tools and more. This special report covers financial wellness from many perspectives, providing insight and strategies to help in the decision-making process.

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Great Recession lingers in Americans’ finances

55 percent of Americans who were adults at the time report financial woes from then that still affect their lives today.

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boarded up shopping mall 26 percent of adults who say they suffered financially during the Great Recession are still financially handicapped. (Photo: Shutterstock)

It may have happened over a decade ago, but the Great Recession is still making its presence felt in Americans’ finances—and the effects are not pretty.

In fact, 48 percent of Americans who were adults when the downturn first hit in December of 2007 say their financial situations have not improved, according to a Bankrate report.

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Marlene Satter

Marlene Satter

Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.

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