Category Archives: Economy
Lower Gas Prices Can Be One Step Towards Debt Relief
Cooler weather isn’t the only thing to celebrate about autumn. As usual, lower gas prices have arrived with the crisper air. For the first time in two months, the average price of gas dropped to below $2.50, the Associated Press has reported. That’s about 20 cents less than during the summer and 60 cents less… Read More »
Little Things Add Up Big Time When It Comes to Paying Down Debt
While I’ll mourn the sunny weather and homegrown tomatoes, there’s one thing I won’t miss about summer – high gas prices. You know it’s officially fall when the pinch at the pump hurts a little less. Yesterday it was announced that an average gallon of gas had fallen below $2.50, the first time it’s been… Read More »
Younger Generation Sees Smaller Paychecks
It’s official. For the first time since maybe the Great Depression, a generation is making less than our parents. People 54 and younger have seen their incomes decline since 2000, leaving the age group the poorest it’s been since the 1970s, according to a report by USA Today. And it’s not fresh-faced college grads facing… Read More »
Young Workers Are Getting Poorer, Study Shows
Forget young and glamorous. Today’s career climbers are young and broke. And I’m not just talking about new graduates. According to a USA Today study, folks from college-age to early 50s have been watching their incomes dwindle since 2000, leaving much of the current workforce poorer than in the 1970s. It’s not all good news… Read More »
Saving Isn’t Just About Spending Less, It’s About Spending Smarter
Earlier this year, a poll found that 32 percent of Americans believe spending less has become their normal, permanent behavior. Cheap chains like McDonald’s, Wal-Mart and dollar stores have been thriving. There’s even been talk that our generation will be penny-pinchers just like our grandparents and great-grandparents who lived through the Great Depression. If there’s… Read More »