The responses don’t even match up with the question!
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If you were to face a $2,000 unexpected expense in the next month,
how would you get the funds you need?
In the U.S.,
24.9% of respondents reported being certainly able,
25.1% probably able,
22.2% probably unable
and 27.9% certainly unable
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1) Savings
2) Credit Card (Boo Hoo)
3) Family Member
4) Bank or Credit Card Loan
This would have given better data.
Another Question should be asked
If you lost your job today what would happen to your house?
1) My spouse could keep up the payments and we would survive.
2) My spouse could keep up the payment for a little while due to savings.
3) We would be unable to pay the next months installment.
4) We own the home and have no payments (yippee!)
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