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AP-NORC poll: Many in US shoring up finances amid downturn

by Associated Press
| August 25, 2020 5:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's the paradox of a pandemic that has crushed the U.S. economy: 12.9 million lost jobs and a dangerous rash of businesses closing, yet the personal finances of many Americans have remained strong — and in some ways have even improved.

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