After the holiday season people are usually refreshed and rested from the nice break from work or school and they're feeling the positive energy of the new year. But in 2022, many Americans say the holiday left left them in a lot of debt - more debt than in the 2020 holiday year! Why is this and what can people do about it? Find out the answers to these questions and more on the first FinCap Friday episode of the 2022 year!

If you're short on time, try our simplified No Tech version, containing embedded questions right in the slide deck!

Check out all of our FinCap Friday episodes here. They're not date-dependent so any of the 140+ in our catalog dating back to August 2018 may work throughout the coming year!

About the Author

Yanely Espinal

Born and raised by Dominican, immigrant parents in Brooklyn, Yanely is a proud product of NYC public schools. She graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School in 2007 before going on to receive her bachelor's degree at Brown University in 2011. As a Teach For America corps member, Yanely taught third and fourth grade in Canarsie, Brooklyn. She received her master's degree from Relay Graduate School of Education in 2013. She spends her spare time making YouTube videos about personal finance on her channel, MissBeHelpful. Yanely also loves to dance, sew, paint, listen to podcasts, and babysit her 10 nieces and nephews!

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