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Jordan Rosenfeld

Half of Workers Rely On Debt To Buy Essentials — Here’s How To Avoid Falling Into Survival Debt

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Budgets are stretched so thin that many workers are putting basics on credit. A recent Zety survey finds 48% of U.S. workers relied on debt to pay for essentials like groceries and 88% of side gig workers picked up more work just to afford essentials. That kind of survival debt can snowball as interest and fees pile up — but there are practical ways to stop it.

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