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39% of Americans worry they can’t pay the bills

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/23/business/inflation-cost-of-living-cnn-poll/index.html

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17889213

Nearly four in ten (39%) of US adults say they worry most or all of the time that their family’s income won’t be enough to meet expenses, according to a new CNN poll. That’s up from 28% who expressed those concerns in December 2021, and it’s similar to the numbers seen during the Great Recession (37%).

To cope, significant shares of Americans said they are adding side jobs, cutting down on driving and putting more expenses on credit cards.