Emergency Fund vs. Regular Savings: What's the Difference?

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You need to not only regular save your money but also built emergency funds. Generally speaking. emergency funds are often confused with regular savings, but there’s a key difference. While savings can be for a vacation or a new gadget, emergency funds are strictly for financial emergencies like job loss or sudden medical expenses. Do you have both?
 
Emergency funds does not have a particular goal that it is supposed to be used and met. Regular savings has a purpose that is clearly defined n the savings is depleted when it is due to be used for that purpose. And the cycle starts again.
 
In planning finances, emergency funds vs regular savings will certainly be very different. Emergency funds are formed to deal with unexpected circumstances in the future, while regular savings can be planned for both short-term and long-term goals such as vacations, buying a car, retirement, etc.
 
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