Term
Emergency fund
Three to six months of essential expenses, in something liquid and separate from the account you spend from. It is what keeps one bad month from becoming debt.
In pesos: If your essentials are $8,000 MXN a month, the target is $24,000–$48,000, built a little at a time.
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