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The economic devastation wrought by the pandemic is hard to overstate. Unemployment is up to almost 15%, and some economists are warning that 43% of furloughed Americans may be unable to get those jobs back. Even before the recession, 40% of Americans were unable to secure $400 in the event of a financial emergency, and wage growth was largely stagnant. People are anxious about their economic future and radically rethinking how they spend their money.
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