AICPA to Launch New Economic Gauge for Americans’ Finances
 
　　The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) will release the results of the AICPA PFSi (Personal Financial Satisfaction Index), a new economic gauge that measures the personal financial standing of a typical American, at 7:00 a.m. EST, Thursday, January 15.
　　The PFSi combines data from two original component indices—the Personal Financial Pleasure Index and Personal Financial Pain Index. The indices measure positive (pleasure) and negative (pain) economic impact factors, equally weighting components which measure the growth of assets and opportunities and the erosion of assets and opportunities.
　　Pleasure factors include the proprietary PFS 750 Market Index, comprised of the 750 largest companies by market capitalization trading on the U.S. markets, excluding ADRs, mutual funds and ETFs, and adjusted for inflation and per capita. The other components are the AICPA’s CPA Outlook Index, Real Home Equity Per Capita and Job Openings Per Capita. Pain factors include inflation, personal taxes, loan delinquencies and underemployment.
　　Positive readings of the PFSi indicate that Americans’ financial opportunities are expanding faster than the potential loss in financial well-being.  Negative readings of the PFSi would indicate that it is more likely that consumers are facing financial difficulties.
　　Both indices use proprietary and normalized official U.S. Government data.
　　Members of the AICPA Personal Financial Planning Section and CPA financial planners will be available for press inquiries.
　　来源：AICPA官方网站