Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

Hmmmm, in 2008 one of the biggest fears was that credit markets would dry up causing massive restrictions in banks lending to one another and therefore massive refusals to lend money to us. Ahem… , we all saw real estate fall in 2008, 2009 and 2010 – but do you believe that it is now on the rebound?

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Economical Real Estate Making 2008 213

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 17, 2011

Even if you aren’t invested in the market, you wonder if this will ripple down to you in the form of more job losses, higher prices, inflation, benefit reductions and belt cinching. If you want to read up on that stuff, plenty of it was written in 2008 and 2009. Share tips on surviving economic downturns within the family.

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Recession Economical Grandchildren Kids and Family 176

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 10, 2017

When the Great Recession began in 2008/2009, my boss at the time (a Vice President of the company) and her spouse consulted their financial adviser to see what they should do. We all are typically affected by the conditions around us, including economic conditions. They asked him what would likely cause us to come out of recession.

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Spendthrift Economical Consumer Recession 100

Finally Frugal

JANUARY 12, 2011

That comment made me think about all of the news articles written by supposed 'experts' who predicted that we had (or would) hit bottom in 2008, or 2009, or 2010, or even 2011! Way to protect your backside, economic experts!) It seems that those of us in the trenches (like my commenter) may have more insight than the experts!

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Frugal Real Estate 2008 Portland 45