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What Would You Do With a Surprise $5,000?
Source: Craig Lord Global News, August 23, 2022
38 per cent of Canadians polled said paying down debt or some other long-term financial obligation
If you were given a surprise $5,000 with no strings attached, what would you spend it on? A new car or kitchen renovation? Tickets to an exotic location? Or would you invest it?
As inflation remains near decades-high levels, almost half of Canadians say they’d spend such a windfall on paying down their debt or covering day-to-day expenses, according to a poll from the Angus Reid Institute (ARI) conducted in early August.