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by American Way Staff

I think I’ll take the rest of the week off

53% Of adults employed full time personally know someone who’s lost a job in the past 12 months.
30% say they could go for four months after losing their job without suffering significant financial hardship.
13% say they could last for up to one year.
31% say they would be hurting by the end of one month.
15% could last a week.


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