US Households Burn Through Pandemic Savings; High Inflation Saps Spending Power

US Households Burn Through Pandemic Savings; High Inflation Saps Spending Power
American citizens are burning through savings accumulated during the COVID-19 pandemic, signaling a rough time for the economy. Mark Lennihan/AP Photo
Naveen Athrappully
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The savings cushion that many Americans built up during the COVID-19 pandemic is dwindling as people struggle with decades-high inflation while the overall savings rate has dropped below pre-pandemic levels, to its lowest in almost 15 years.

U.S. citizens have burned through 35 percent of the funds they had accumulated through curtailed spending and large-scale government aid during the pandemic, and that number could climb to 65 percent by the year’s end, according to estimates by Goldman Sachs.

Naveen Athrappully
Naveen Athrappully
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Naveen Athrappully is a news reporter covering business and world events at The Epoch Times.
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