Economics
A Third of Americans Report Financial Stress in Census Survey
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More than a third of Americans reported difficulties to pay bills in the latest US Census Bureau household survey, showing how much of a toll the surge in consumer prices has taken on budgets.
The share of respondents saying it has been somewhat or very difficult to pay for usual household expenses is now near its 2020 peak, at the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic.