Research

On February 23rd and 24th, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testified before Congress that the Federal Reserve does not plan to change their current monetary policy in the near term. Since the onset of the pandemic, consumers have seen the effect of these decisions on their bank deposits. The average deposit rate, for an account holder with $1,000 in their health savings account (HSA) has dropped 10bps since 2019.

Devenir, a national leader in providing investment solutions for health savings accounts (HSAs), released the results of its 21st semi-annual health savings account survey and resulting research report. Devenir found that the number of HSAs has grown to now exceed 30 million, holding an estimated $82.2 billion in assets at the end of 2020.

Findings from the 2020 Year-End Devenir HSA Research Report containing health savings account (HSA) market statistics as of December 31st, 2020.

Devenir’s quarterly credit union HSA update finds over $1.9 billion in HSA deposits were held in credit unions as of 9/30/2020.

One interesting HSA datapoint that our team has been tracking is the behavior of accountholders who are associated with an employer group versus accountholders who are not. Over the last three years, employer associated HSAs have seen the highest average contributions.