{"id":386879,"date":"2026-04-19T06:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T06:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/386879\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T06:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T06:23:09","slug":"i-team-quick-tip-emergency-savings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/386879\/","title":{"rendered":"I-Team Quick Tip: Emergency savings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jason Knowles Image\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/15064248_jasonknowles.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, April 18, 2026 11:27PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Quick Tip: Emergency savings\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212; Here&#8217;s a quick &#8220;emergency savings&#8221; tip that may be troubling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">An eye-opening new study shows many Americans are just one emergency away from financial trouble. A new <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/blog\/emergency-savings-survey\/133932\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WalletHub survey<\/a> reveals that two in three Americans say persistent inflation and the affordability crisis are shrinking their emergency savings, and nearly one in five say they couldn&#8217;t come up with $1,000 in cash within 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">You should automate your savings. Even small amounts each paycheck can add up fast when it&#8217;s consistent and out of sight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Second, cut one expense and redirect it to savings. Whether it&#8217;s takeout or subscriptions, shifting just $20 to $50 a week can build a cushion.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saturday, April 18, 2026 11:27PM CHICAGO (WLS) &#8212; Here&#8217;s a quick &#8220;emergency savings&#8221; tip that may be troubling.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[200451,138,246,111,139,69,244,245],"class_list":{"0":"post-386879","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-200451","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-finance","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-personal-finance","15":"tag-personalfinance"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}