WASHINGTON, D.C. -- With the first direct payments to U.S. adults from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act set to hit bank accounts this week, 35% of U.S.
adults intend to use the money primarily to pay bills. Another 16% say they will purchase essential items like food or gas with the money.
Twenty-nine percent expect to save or invest it, with smaller percentages planning to donate it to charity or spend it on nonessential items.As part of the roughly $2 trillion relief package the federal government passed last month, most U.S.
adults will receive direct cash payments from the U.S. government of at least $1,200. The payments decrease for higher-income respondents, with Americans above certain income thresholds