{"id":2216,"date":"2011-08-22T09:09:48","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T14:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdmproofing.com\/iym\/weblog\/?p=2216"},"modified":"2011-08-22T14:29:23","modified_gmt":"2011-08-22T19:29:23","slug":"more-financial-insecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mdmproofing.com\/iym\/weblog\/2011\/08\/more-financial-insecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"More Financial Insecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bankrate&#8217;s August 2011 Financial Security Index is out &#8212; and people are not, apparently, feeling quite so secure.  Go figure.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article\">Bankrate: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bankrate.com\/finance\/consumer-index\/aug-2011-financial-security-poll.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">August Financial Security Index<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I always enjoy seeing how people feel about their savings (or lack thereof), and according to Bankrate, 47 percent of Americans say they are less comfortable with their savings than a year ago. You have to think that teetering stock markets play a large role here; couple that with all the other negative news items which have driven headlines lately, and you have a recipe for a consumer-based economy Rut Ro.<\/p>\n<p>With similar surveys indicating that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdmproofing.com\/iym\/weblog\/2011\/08\/careerbuilder-42-live-paycheck-to-paycheck\/\">42 percent<\/a> of us live paycheck-to-paycheck, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdmproofing.com\/iym\/weblog\/2011\/05\/half-cant-get-2k\/\">half of us<\/a> would have difficulty coming up with $2,000 in a pinch &#8230; well, no surprises here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bankrate&#8217;s August 2011 Financial Security Index is out &#8212; and people are not, apparently, feeling quite so secure. Go figure. 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