# Federal Register #CFPB-2026-0027

CFPB seeks comments on extending approval for consumer finance research collection

**Buyer:** CFPB
**Posted:** November 13, 2026
**Respond By:** January 13, 2027
**Identifier:** CFPB-2026-0027

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is seeking public comments on extending approval for an existing consumer finance research information collection.
- Buyer: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB); no sub-agency or office is identified.
- The collection is titled “Generic Information Collection Plan for Foundational Research About Consumer Credit Markets and Household Financial Decision-Making” (OMB Control Number 3170-0082).
- Research may use focus groups, interviews, controlled trials, and other qualitative or quantitative methods to study consumer credit markets and household financial decisions.
- Estimated participation and burden: 8,000 respondents and 32,000 annual burden hours.
- The CFPB seeks comments on the collection’s necessity and usefulness, burden estimates, ways to improve the information collected, and ways to reduce respondent burden.
- This is a request for comments on an existing information collection, not a procurement of products or contracted services. No OEMs, vendors, products, or quantities are identified.

### Description

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau requests an extension of OMB approval for an existing information collection titled “Generic Information Collection Plan for Foundational Research About Consumer Credit Markets and Household Financial Decision-Making” (OMB Control Number 3170-0082). The plan supports exploratory foundational research on consumer credit markets and household financial decision-making, using qualitative and quantitative methods such as focus groups, interviews, and controlled trials. The notice estimates 8,000 respondents and 32,000 annual burden hours. Written comments are due by January 12, 2027.

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