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Fed’s Preferred Inflation Measure Slows in November

Savings Corner

The core price index which excludes food and energy prices grew only 0.1%, the same as the month prior. The Fed also monitors the Consumer Price Index (CPI) , which showed a 3.1% economist at Oxford Economics wrote. The index was up 2.6% from the same time last year but is nearer to the Fed’s 2% goal and down from 2.9%

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What Is National Financial Literacy Month?

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Only 43 percent of adults keep close track of their spending , and more than 128,400,000 adults do not know how much they spend on food, housing, and entertainment, and do not monitor their overall spending (according to the 2011 Consumer Financial Literacy Survey Final Report of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling).

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #231

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Budgeting and Economics. ” Jen presents 6 Free Financial Resources & Tools to Improve Your Finances posted at Master the Art of Saving , saying, “If youre interested in monitoring or improving your finances, then you probably dont want to be spending money to do it. The Skilled Investor , Editor.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #236 – May 11, 2012

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The Skilled Investor , Editor Budgeting and Economics Little House presents The Five Tool Budgeter posted at Little House in the Valley , saying, “In baseball, a five-tool player is one who excels in some of the game’s major skills: fielding, base running, hitting for power, hitting for contact, and throwing ability.

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