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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Business
Jedidajah Otte

‘I run out of money each month’: the Americans borrowing to cover daily expenses

A shopper carries bags outside a Kroger grocery store
A shopper carries bags outside a Kroger grocery store in Dallas, Texas, on 21 February 2024. Photograph: Shelby Tauber/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Robin, a 70-year-old retired arts teacher from California, survives on an annual income of $14,000 in social security payments.

“I became disabled and retired about 20 years ago,” she says. “My life became unaffordable then, but I’m very good at budgeting so I was able to manage.

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