finances
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Finances are a stressor; likewise his rather abundant weight and tendency to stress-eat.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026
According to the Federal Reserve’s most recent Survey of Consumer Finances in 2022, the median savings account balance for U.S. households was $8,000.
From Salon • Nov. 13, 2024
According to an Economic Policy Institute analysis of the Fed’s Survey of Consumer Finances, back in 2016 the average late-career couple had saved about $243,000 for retirement.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2024
Finances have improved, but financial mismanagement by past city councils exacerbated a staffing shortage that still exists across municipal departments, said City Manager Esperanza Colio Warren.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2024
True, he begged for my influence and fawned upon my favour just now, for his ambition soared to the post of High Controller of the Finances of France.
From Petticoat Rule by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
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Workshop 6, Part 1
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Means to an End: Fin
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