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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Business
Ronald D. White

Five people confess their worst money mistakes — and what you can learn from them

What do Americans do most with their money? Make mistakes, apparently.

That's according to the annual raft of January surveys that attempt to define and make sense of the nation's consumer behavior over the previous 12 months.

When it comes to financial literacy, the picture is grim: According to a Credit Karma survey, 76% of people polled said they had committed at least one faux pas with their funds in 2022 and 35% admitted they had adopted a new bad money habit. In 2022, 66% respondents claimed it would be the year they would become become financially stable, according to a poll by Slickdeals, but only 53% have the same expectations for 2023.

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