Tag: financial hardship

Financial Hardship Surges as Cost-of-Living Crisis Squeezes Workers

Workers in America and around the world are reporting significantly higher levels of financial hardship compared to last year, as a cooling economy and high inflation has left a growing number cash-strapped and planning to quit in search of better-paid jobs. Despite a softening economy and workers reporting growing levels of financial stress, the “Great…


Many Americans Facing ‘Severe’ Hardship From Elevated Gas Prices: Gallup Poll

Elevated gasoline prices are squeezing U.S. citizens, making life financially harder and forcing them to cut back on spending, according to a new Gallup poll. Among the respondents, 67 percent said that recent gas price increases were causing them hardship, which is the highest level since May 2011. This is up from 52 percent in…


What To Do if You Don’t Have Enough Money To Pay All of Your Bills

It might be the skyrocketing cost of fuel and food, or perhaps you’ve lost your job or you’ve already been living paycheck-to-paycheck with no cushy emergency fund to fall back on. For whatever reason, suddenly this month you can’t pay all of your bills. You’re scared, angry, worried and overwhelmed. What are you supposed to…