【新闻填空】high inflation （参考答案及惯用语在原文标出）

About one in three Americans making six-（1. figure ） salaries are worried about paying their bills, according to a new survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.

The survey finds a notable increase over the past year of consumers making $100,000 a year or more who are concerned about making （2.  ends ） meet over the next 12 months.

A significant share of wealthier Americans are coping with financial （3.  pressure  ） by （4.  cutting ） spending, including dialing （5.  back  ）  restaurant visits and entertainment.

 

The findings underscore how years of high inflation and elevated borrowing costs continue to squeeze consumers’ budgets — even f?or those at the higher end of the income spectrum.

Nearly a third (30.8%) of consumers making between $100,000 and $149,999 a year are concerned about making （2. ends  ） meet in the next six months, according to the Philly Fed survey, which was fielded from March 22 to April 6.

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make ends meet：

to have enough money to buy what you need to live: 

It’s not easy to make ends meet with a big family, but somehow we manage.

 

dial back：

To lessen something, especially in intensity or frequency. I could barely move my arms all week—I guess it's time to dial back the workouts!