{"id":790,"date":"2020-02-29T19:39:02","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T19:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ifmbanm.com\/blog\/?p=790"},"modified":"2020-02-29T19:43:25","modified_gmt":"2020-02-29T19:43:25","slug":"living-expenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifmbanm.com\/blog\/?p=790","title":{"rendered":"Living expenses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I\u2019ve been seeing this chart around a few places recently.  A succinct explanation of the disconnect between the official figures showing a robust economy, and the reality that most people are feeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1466\" src=\"http:\/\/ifmbanm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/860796dd-8393-4336-9656-2b6e2ef995e4-22361-0000044c7112979e_file.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ifmbanm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/860796dd-8393-4336-9656-2b6e2ef995e4-22361-0000044c7112979e_file.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/ifmbanm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/860796dd-8393-4336-9656-2b6e2ef995e4-22361-0000044c7112979e_file-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/ifmbanm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/860796dd-8393-4336-9656-2b6e2ef995e4-22361-0000044c7112979e_file-768x782.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ifmbanm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/860796dd-8393-4336-9656-2b6e2ef995e4-22361-0000044c7112979e_file-1006x1024.jpg 1006w, https:\/\/ifmbanm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/860796dd-8393-4336-9656-2b6e2ef995e4-22361-0000044c7112979e_file-624x635.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For those who can get through the paywall, the latest discussion is at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2020\/02\/24\/this-chart-is-best-explanation-middle-class-finances-you-will-ever-see\/\">https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2020\/02\/24\/this-chart-is-best-explanation-middle-class-finances-you-will-ever-see\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been seeing this chart around a few places recently. A succinct explanation of the disconnect between the official figures showing a robust economy, and the reality that most people are feeling. For those who can get through the paywall, the latest discussion is at https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2020\/02\/24\/this-chart-is-best-explanation-middle-class-finances-you-will-ever-see\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifmbanm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifmbanm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifmbanm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifmbanm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifmbanm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=790"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ifmbanm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":851,"href":"https:\/\/ifmbanm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790\/revisions\/851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifmbanm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifmbanm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifmbanm.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}