Financial happiness reaches two year high - Dynamic Planner

After July fall

Jen Frost
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Financial happiness hit a two year high in August, according to Dynamic Planner research.

Dynamic Planner's Financial Happiness Index, intended to act as a barometer based on the views of 4,000 people each month, found that financial confidence bounced back in August after a tough July. "Financial happiness fell in the last part of July as three largely unrelated events converged within 24 to 48 hours: sporting disappointment, political uncertainty and fresh concern about borrowing costs and prices arrived together, and that combination weighed on how confident people felt about the wider economy," said Dynamic Planner head of psychology and behavioural insights Dr Louis Will...

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