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Best Credit Cards for Excellent Credit in December 2023

Savings Corner

We use consumer spending data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to get a reliable third-party measure of people’s spending habits. For example, a card’s grocery rewards rate receives a 23 percent weighting based on how much of the average person’s budget is spent on groceries.

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God is in the Details – Especially When Discussing Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty

For the Mommas

Well, professional researchers worry about statistical validity, margins of error and 95% confidence, especially when copywriters, editors and advertising people start throwing around generalities, which sound impressive but don’t do justice to the data. For example: How satisfied are you with product X”. Another example.

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Motherhood Moments

Concerns about what children are exposed to online are nothing new , but new research by CyberSafeKids exposed alarming statistics that concern children online. Anxiety, suicide and depression rates are at all-time highs for children, precisely tracked with the use of social media on smartphones.

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Cost of Living Calculator | City and Salary Comparison Tool

Savings Corner

If you want more information about one of the cities you’ve compared, you can use NerdWallet’s City Life tool for data on local schools and businesses, walkability and demographics — more than basic cost comparisons. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the largest bill consumers pay each month is for housing. You can see Manhattan’s page here.

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Stay the Course Financially

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

My grandchildren’s other set of grandparents are just one example. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does a survey multiple times a year, called the Consumer Expenditure Survey. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. .” Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.” percent in 2009, the U.S.

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How to Save Money by Downsizing

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Statistics released by the National Association of Home Builders show the average home size in the 1970s was 1400 square feet; in 2004, this had blown out to a whopping 2330 square feet, almost twice the size. How long is it since you cleared out all those spaces where you store the things you don’t use very often, if ever?

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Seniors – Keep Your Allocations

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Examples of financial advisor suggestions that would have steered my family wrong: An estate trustee at a bank recommended selling off Chevron stock that my Aunt owned “because it is too risky”. We are all different, with differing financial situations, goals and tolerances, but we are all statistically living longer as well.

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