If you’ve found yourself worrying about money lately, you definitely have company. Money anxiety, also called financial anxiety, has become more common than ever.
In the American Psychological Association’s 2022 Stress in America Survey, 87 percent of people who responded listed inflation as a source of significant stress. The rise in prices for everything from fuel to food has people from all backgrounds worried. The researchers say, in fact, that no other issue has caused this much stress since the survey began in 2007.
