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Good morning! It’s Daniel de Visé with your Daily Money.
If you’ve ever shoplifted, you’re not alone.
Nearly one-quarter of American adults have shoplifted, according to a new survey from LendingTree, the personal finance site. Roughly 1 in 20 consumers have shoplifted within the past year. 
Shoplifting is a complicated crime. We unpack it here.
Our next topic may be a bit controversial, Betty Lin-Fisher reports. Welcome to Uncomfortable Conversations.
In some families, adult children and parents coexist happily under one roof. Families live together for a multitude of reasons, including cultural expectations, financial necessity, caretaking, or just because the parents and adult kids enjoy each other’s company.
But in other families, the parents are ready for their grown children to leave the nest – and there’s a failure to launch.
Read the story here.
Need $1,000 to cover an unexpected expense? Starting this year, you may be able to withdraw the money from your 401(k) with relative ease.
New rules make it easier to tap your retirement account for emergency funds. In 2024, you can cash out as much as $1,000 from a traditional 401(k) or IRA to cover an urgent need.
And here’s a big change: You get to define what counts as an emergency.
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Daniel de Visé covers personal finance for USA Today.