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Emergency Funds and How to Plan For Financial Shocks

Borrowing to cover unexpected bills can be the start of a financial hole that’s difficult to come out of. Having an emergency fund set aside for this unexpected circumstance can save you from creating a hole.

An emergency fund is money saved aside for unanticipated expenses in life, such as auto repairs, hospital visits, and even job loss. This money offers you the authority to pay over funds to cover huge and little surprises that may arise.

These economic challenges can happen to anyone but how would you be able to scale out of the situation if it came out of a reduction in salary or unemployment? Or an unexpected circumstance that happens out of the blue?

Even during the prosperous decade of the 1990s, many people failed to put away enough money for rainy days. In this article, we will look at the importance of emergency funds and how to build an emergency fund. 

The Challenges and Importance of Saving as a Young Nigerian

The onset of COVID-19 profoundly impacted the world, and its effects are still palpable today. With some regions not having fully bounced back from the spiral effect of the virus, the recovery has been slow. The lockdown affected economic activities, strained our finances, and challenged the government to help people out of their financial misery. Due to the pandemic, the projected global economic growth in advanced economies is expected to slow down to 0.5% in 2023 from 2.5% in 2022, while emerging economies are expected to decline to 2.7% in 2023 from 3.4% in 2022.