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Stay the Course Financially

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’ While there is some macro economic sense in consumer spending causing an impact on the country’s growth, it doesn’t necessarily play well at the individual consumer finance level. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does a survey multiple times a year, called the Consumer Expenditure Survey. Rick Cynthia E.

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What Is National Financial Literacy Month?

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Forty-one percent of adults in the United States gave themselves a grade of C, D, or F on their knowledge of personal finance (according to the 2011 Consumer Financial Literacy Survey Final Report of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling). Then you are not included in the statistics listed above.

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Yakezie Carnival – Credit Cards Edition

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With so many different options out there, a consumer really can get overwhelmed and into trouble if they don’t know their credit card basics. The Debt Princess: The Kool-Aid Effect: The Relationship Between the Poor & Nutrition – A look into how the working poor are eating unhealthy. However, times have changed.