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The world was unhappier and more stressed than ever — then war, inflation hit

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Emotionally, the slog of the second year of COVID-19 proved as distressing as the shock of the first. As 2021 served up a steady diet of uncertainty, including from the pandemic, the world became a slightly sadder, more worried and more stressed-out place than it was the year before. That pushed the annual Gallup’s Negative…

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Personal savings are being depleted as Americans cope with red-hot inflation. People are being forced to make ‘difficult choices’

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Americans accumulated extra savings during the pandemic, but that money is fast dwindling because of inflation. Some 70% of Americans are using their savings to cover rising prices, a recent Forbes Advisor survey of 2,000 US adults concluded. Among those polled, older adults were more likely to say they have left their savings intact. In…

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