Percentage of people who say money matters more to them in a relationship now than it did before COVID, according to a WalletHub survey: 33
Compared to last year, percentage more Americans who say they wouldn't marry someone with bad credit: 37
Percentage of Americans who feel that financial infidelity can be worse than cheating: 53
Percentage who say financial secrets are the worst type of money problem in a relationship: 30
Source: WalletHub.
Percentage of U.S. adults who have ever had a subscription or membership account who have incurred unwanted charges (such as a free trial that turned into a paid subscription without their permission/knowledge, accidentally signing up for a membership, forgetting they signed up, etc.), according to a new study from Bankrate: 51
Percentage who have had a subscription or membership account who say it's difficult to cancel or turn off automatic payments: 34
Percentage of Americans who waste more than $50 per month on unwanted subscription fees, according to recent data from Chase cited in the study: 71
Source: Bankrate.com.
Estimated value of merchandise sold last year to consumers that retailers expect to be returned, according to a report released by the National Retail Federation: $761 billion
Average percentage of total U.S. retail sales this represents, and up from 10.6% of 2020's retail sales: 16.6
Of total U.S. retail sales in 2021 (which soared to $4.583 trillion), amount accounted for by online sales: $1.050 trillion
Source: NRF.
Percentage of men who gain weight during football season, with wings, beer and all those football Sunday staples taking their toll, according to the results of a recent poll conducted by OnePoll and commissioned by Nutrisystem: 37
Percentage of those who claimed they gained over 10 pounds: 53
Source: Nutrisystem.
Year the phrase "March Madness" was first coined in connection with NCAA basketball, when sportscaster Brent Musburger uttered it during his tournament coverage, according to research by Warner Media: 1982
Estimated value of the University of Kentucky basketball program, highest among all schools: $334.2 million
Source: Warner Media.
Percentage of Americans who say love is a priority over money, including 37% who say they would give up whatever amount of money it takes to guarantee them a great romantic relationship for the rest of their life, according to a survey by Quicken and conducted by SurveyMonkey: 59
Percentage of Americans who say that money gives them more stress than love: 74
Source: Quicken/SurveyMonkey.
Percentage of parents who have dipped into their retirement savings to pay for their child's college expenses, according to a College Ave Student Loans survey: 20
Of those families who help their child pay for college, percentage who have borrowed federal student loans: 45
Percentage who have borrowed private student loans: 15
Percentage who have used parent loans to fund their child's tuition: 15
Source: College Ave Student Loans.
Rank of Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots, at $12.5 million per year, on the list of the highest-paid NFL coaches (2022), according to Sportsnaut: 1
Ranks of Pete Carroll, Seattle Seahawks, $11 million per year; John Harbaugh, Baltimore Ravens, $9 million per year; and Matt Rhule, Carolina Panthers, $8.5 million per year, on the list of the highest paid coaches in the NFL: 2, 3, 4
Source: Sportsnaut.
Percentage of people who believe Mark Zuckerberg's coming Metaverse will "destroy our social fabric" and "plan not to participate," according to a John Zogby Strategies poll: 56
Percentage who say it's "ingenious" and "want to participate": 23
Percentage of 18-to-29-year-olds who have a positive outlook for the technology: 41
Percentage who hold a more critical outlook of the Metaverse: 39
Source: John Zogby Strategies.
Percentage of Americans who believe immersive educational travel experiences are just as important, if not more important, now than prior to the pandemic, according to WorldStrides research conducted by The Harris Poll: 79
Percentage of parents with kids under 18 years of age who think it's important for students and young adults to be able to participate in immersive educational travel: 74
Source: The Harris Poll.
Idle Thought"
"I'm not at all contemptuous of comforts, but they have their place and it is not first." -- E.F. Schumacher, economist and author (1911-1977)