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Stay the Course Financially

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

One of the most recent survey’s available reported: “Average expenditures per consumer unit1 for July 2014 through June 2015 were up 5.9 percent compared with the July 2013 through June 2014 midyear average, the U.S. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does a survey multiple times a year, called the Consumer Expenditure Survey.

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How to Rebuild Financial Trust in Your Relationship

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If one of you is a spendthrift and one is a saver, financial feuding will be a given unless the two of you can find a way that is agreeable to both of you to manage your disparate financial personalities. Of course, the spendthrift isn’t let off easily. Almost always, the lie comes out. Money Tips'