Instructions: In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Input: Even with most Americans feeling more financially secure than they did five years ago, many are struggling to set aside any type of savings. 
  
 About 40 percent of adults said that if faced with a $400 unexpected expense, they would either not be able to pay it or would do so by selling something or borrowing money, according to the Federal Reserve's Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2017, released on Tuesday. ||||| Can you cover an unexpected $400 expense? 
  
 Four in ten Americans can't, according to a new report from the Federal Reserve Board. Those who don't have the cash on hand say they'd have to cover it by borrowing or selling something. 
  
 The bright side? That's an improvement from half of adults being unable to cover such an expense in 2013. The number has been ticking down each year since. 
  
 Overall, the financial situation of American households has improved during the past five years, according to the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households report. It shows that in 2017, 74% of adults reported feeling at least "okay" financially, an increase of 10 percentage points from the first survey four years earlier. 
  
 "This year's survey finds that rising levels of employment are translating into improved financial conditions for many but not all Americans," Federal Reserve Board Governor Lael Brainard said in a press release, "with one-third now reporting they are living comfortably and another 40% reporting they are doing okay financially." 
  
 Still, many are struggling. Notable differences remain across race, ethnicity, education levels and geography. The report shows hardship continues for people working to repay college loans, cover emergency expenses and manage retirement savings. 
  
 For the first time the report also looked at the opioid epidemic, reporting that one out of five adults personally knows someone with an addiction to painkillers. Exposure does not vary much by education level or by local economic conditions. 
  
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 The study was drawn from the Board's fifth annual Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking, which looks at the economic health of Americans. The survey of 12,000 people examined their income, employment, unexpected expenses, banking and credit, housing, education, and retirement planning in November and December 2017. 
  
 While showing that Americans' financial lives are moving in a positive direction, the report does raise some concerns about their most basic levels of financial stability: emergency funds and retirement. 
  
 "The finding that four-in-ten adults couldn't cover an unexpected $400 expense without selling something or borrowing money is troubling," said Greg McBride, chief financial analyst at Bankrate.com. "Nothing is more fundamental to achieving financial stability than having savings that can be drawn upon when the unexpected occurs." 
  
 McBride suggests setting up automatic direct deposits from a paycheck to a savings account that can build some much-needed financial cushion. 
  
 He's also concerned about another finding in the report: fewer than 40% of adults think their retirement savings are on track. 
  
 "The burden is on us as individuals to save for our retirement," he says. "Take control of your financial destiny by contributing to an employer-sponsored retirement plan such as a 401(k) via payroll deduction, or arrange automatic monthly transfers from your bank account into an IRA." 
  
 Related: How to save for retirement without a 401(k) 
  
 More concerning are the 25% of Americans with no retirement savings whatsoever, according to the report. 
  
 Some of this may be due to the lack of employer-sponsored retirement plans, as well as people piecing together several part-time jobs, which may not offer benefits. 
  
 The report found that while most workers are satisfied with the wages and benefits from their current job and are optimistic about their future job opportunities, challenges remain, particularly with irregular job schedules. |||||
Output:
Concerning news from the feds in the personal finance realm: About 40% of US adults would have to sell something or borrow to come up with $400 in an emergency, or wouldn't be able to pay at all, CNBC reports. The Federal Reserve's "Report on the Economic Well-Being of US Households," which surveyed 12,000 people nationwide in late 2017, found things aren't much better on the retirement horizon, with less than 40% of non-retired adults thinking they'll have enough saved up once they retire; 25% say they don't have a pension or other retirement savings at all. One in four adults had skipped medical treatment over the past year due to lack of funds. Greg McBride, a Bankrate.com analyst, tells CNNMoney these findings are "troubling." "Nothing is more fundamental to achieving financial stability than having savings that can be drawn upon when the unexpected occurs," he notes. Still, the news isn't all bad. Nearly three-quarters of adults said they were living comfortably (or, at the very least, felt "OK" about their finances)—10 more percentage points than in 2013. And that 40% without $400 emergency cash on hand is actually better than the 2013 figure, which hovered around 50%. These stats, however, come with "notable differences … across various subpopulations," with blacks and Hispanics having "substantially lower overall economic well-being" than whites. McBride says people can put more away for a rainy day by having money automatically funneled into a savings account on payday. A new figure of note: About 20% of adults say they know someone hooked on opioids, with "those who have been exposed to addiction [having] somewhat less favorable assessments of economic conditions" than those who haven't. (The retirement struggle is real.)