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If you splurged more this year on holiday goodies, you're not alone. More than half of Americans planned to boost their holiday spending as part of efforts to shake off the pandemic blues, according to a recent survey. Some said they'd be spending as much as $1,000 more than a year ago. But about a third of survey respondents acknowledged worries about going deeper into debt — and those ...
by David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times
Dec 27, 2021
3 minutes
If you splurged more this year on holiday goodies, you're not alone.
More than half of Americans planned to boost their holiday spending as part of efforts to shake off the pandemic blues, according to a recent survey. Some said they'd be spending as much as $1,000 more than a year ago.
But about a third of survey respondents acknowledged worries about going deeper into debt â and those concerns are warranted.
Household debt for the first time ever in the third quarter, fueled in part by rising inflation, according
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