Half in U.S. Plan to Spend Relief Money on Bills, Essentials

With the first direct payments to U.S. adults from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act set to hit bank accounts this week, 35% of U.S. adults intend to use the money primarily to pay bills. Another 16% say they will purchase essential items like food or gas with the money. Twenty-nine percent expect to save or invest it, with smaller percentages planning to donate it to charity or spend it on nonessential items. CONT.

Jeffrey M. Jones, Gallup

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