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70% of Russians Have Savings, while 70% of Americans Live Paycheck to Paycheck — Jon Hellevig,

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70% of Russians have savings, that will see them through 1- 2 months without other income. In the US, on the contrary, 70% have virtually no savings.  In America, the bottom 55% have zero savings, while the following 24% – the core of the former middle class – have only ,000 stashed away. A 2016 report, two-thirds of Americans are not able to afford even a 0 emergency cost of any sort. A staggering 78% of full-time workers are reported to be living from paycheck to paycheck. – However, the US has a very developed corporate welfare system, with most large corporations receiving regular IV injections of bailout money.... And very importantly, in addition to that, Russians have very little personal debt, negligible amounts compared with US households.... Precarity ratio. Russian

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70% of Russians have savings, that will see them through 1- 2 months without other income. In the US, on the contrary, 70% have virtually no savings.
 In America, the bottom 55% have zero savings, while the following 24% – the core of the former middle class – have only $1,000 stashed away. A 2016 report, two-thirds of Americans are not able to afford even a $500 emergency cost of any sort. A staggering 78% of full-time workers are reported to be living from paycheck to paycheck. – However, the US has a very developed corporate welfare system, with most large corporations receiving regular IV injections of bailout money....
And very importantly, in addition to that, Russians have very little personal debt, negligible amounts compared with US households....
Precarity ratio.

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70% of Russians Have Savings, while 70% of Americans Live Paycheck to Paycheck
Jon Hellevig, Founder of Awara Group
Mike Norman
Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

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