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A report released Monday by LendingClub and PYMNTS found that a larger percentage of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
The percentage of American consumers who have lived paycheck to paycheck The report in December said it was 64%. This number equates to about 166 million and represents a jump of 3% year over year.
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In December 2021, the report said, 61% were living this way.
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The report, conducted in collaboration with PYMNTS, surveyed more than 3,900 consumers in the United States. The polls were conducted from December 8 to December 23.
Of the many consumers earning more than $100,000 a year, 51%, indicated they were living paycheck-to-paycheck last month, compared to 42% who said that at the same time a year earlier, it was found. Of those, 16% reported difficulties in covering monthly bills.
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The report showed that for consumers earning between $50,000 and $100,000, two-thirds lived paycheck to paycheck in December, and more than three-quarters (78%) of those earning less than $50,000 said so as well.
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LendingClub Corporation said in a press release.
| ribbon | protection | else | they change | change % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LC | LENDINGCLUB COMPANY. | 9.70 | +0.23 | +2.37% |
Meanwhile, the report found that about 40% of consumers who live by paycheck to paycheck expressed rosy prospects about their finances. Just over a quarter, 27%, said they expected it to “get worse.”
inflation The LendingClub Corporation cited it as the “factor of most concern” by nearly 75% of paycheck-to-pay consumers who expect their personal finances to see some kind of decline this year. Another popular reason was economic uncertainty.
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the Consumer price index It fell 0.1% month over month and rose 6.5% year over year, data released in mid-January by the Labor Department showed. The personal consumption expenditures index, which the Fed likes to measure inflation, rose 0.1% from November and 5% from the same period last year.