One in 10 eurozone households spend more than they earn, Bundesbank paper finds

Households with female, young, or divorced heads have a harder time making ends meet

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More than 10% of households in the eurozone - mainly those whose head is female, young or divorced – have expenses that exceed their incomes, according to a Bundesbank discussion paper.

Household saving behaviour and credit constraints in the Euro area by Julia Le Blanc, Alessandro Porpiglia, Federica Teppa, Junyi Zhu and Michael Ziegelmeyer uses the Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS), carried out in 15 eurozone countries, to analyse households' savings motives and perceived

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