Americans using emergency savings to cover everyday bills Bankrate: 80 percent of people who used their emergency savings in the past year used the money for essentials. By Rachel DePompa.

Americans using emergency savings to cover everyday bills Bankrate: 80 percent of people who used their emergency savings in the past year used the money for essentials. By Rachel DePompa.

(InvestigateTV) — Bankrate reports that 37 percent of Americans have had to tap into their emergency savings within the past year. Greg McBride, chief financial analyst for Bankrate said that alone is ...