{"id":10337,"date":"2020-05-01T09:39:50","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T09:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourlifeassist.co.za\/sunint\/consumer-tip-39\/"},"modified":"2021-04-13T11:39:07","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T11:39:07","slug":"consumer-tip-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourlifeassist.co.za\/sunint\/consumer-tip-39\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumer Tip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Many consumers are facing financial uncertainty at the moment. Here are some quick tips to help you manage your money during lockdown, quarantine, and the Coronavirus crisis as a whole:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Don\u2019t take on unnecessary debt. Avoid using your credit card to cover your costs; instead, look for ways to reduce your spending.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Don\u2019t spend money that you don\u2019t have. Save wherever possible, and look for ways to reduce spending on non-essential luxury expenses. This short-term sacrifice will help your financial health and stability in the long term. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Don\u2019t cancel your insurance or medical cover. This could expose you and your family to greater risk, and you may have to pay higher premiums or lose benefits in the future. Speak to your provider about possible ways to reduce your premium, rather than cancelling a policy. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Be cautious and conservative with your spending, and try to avoid making any major financial decisions or purchases until your situation has stabilised.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Always speak to a professional, like your bank or insurance provider, for the best advice. Avoid taking financial advice from family and friends.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many consumers are facing financial uncertainty at the moment. Here  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[191,184,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2020-may-snippets","category-focus-coronavirus","category-your-future-financial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourlifeassist.co.za\/sunint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourlifeassist.co.za\/sunint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourlifeassist.co.za\/sunint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourlifeassist.co.za\/sunint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourlifeassist.co.za\/sunint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yourlifeassist.co.za\/sunint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10337\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourlifeassist.co.za\/sunint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourlifeassist.co.za\/sunint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourlifeassist.co.za\/sunint\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}