Wednesday, May 13, 2020

May 13, 2020
By Shane Croucher

large majority of Americans (click here) have seen either no change to their household income or an improvement to it since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, according to a new survey commissioned by Bankrate.com.

The poll, conducted by YouGov, found that 58 percent of adult Americans had no change to their income since the crisis started and a further 12 percent reported an increase, even as the economy has crashed into what looks like a deep recession.

Moreover, 19 percent now have more emergency savings than they did, 12 percent have less personal debt, and 22 percent had no debt before the crisis and still do not....

...YouGov surveyed 2,653 adults in the U.S. from April 29 to May 1. The poll was conducted online....