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More than half of US consumers now routinely end the month short of funds

More than half of US consumers now routinely end the month short of funds
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For years, a household budget had a little give. A slightly higher electric bill one month could be absorbed by a slightly cheaper grocery run the next. That cushion is gone for most U.S. consumers, and the bills doing the damage are the ones no family can opt out of. A new survey of 1,000 U.S. c...

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