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America has turned into a nation of quitters, though that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Spurred by the COVID pandemic, millions of people have joined “The Great Resignation” that’s happening…
Credit card use has increased as the nation continues to work its way out of the pandemic. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, credit card bills rose…
The rules governing repayment of federal student loans contain so many nooks and crannies that it shouldn’t come as a surprise that you may have missed one created during the…
Is there a fourth stimulus check on the way? The success the federal government has had in helping Americans endure the economic disarray caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted…
The average Joe – not Biden – figures to benefit most from passage of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. Approximately 145 million Americans will receive a third round of…
Biden wants the minimum wage – currently set at $7.25 an hour – to jump to $15 an hour by 2025. The increases would be phased in at approximately $1.75…
President-elect Joe Biden unveiled the American Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion war on the prolonged suffering of Americans hardest hit by coronavirus. Included in his proposal: a fresh round of…
The second COVID-19 relief bill is now law – all 3,126 pages of it. The people in Congress who passed it admit they don’t know what all is in it,…
If you haven’t looked at your bank account this week, now might be a splendid time. The long wait for a second stimulus check from the U.S. government finally is…
A second stimulus check – the financial gift from the U.S. government to help consumers recover from the economic belt coronavirus gave the American economy – needs only a signature…
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- Fox, M. (2022, January 10) 40% of Americans with credit card debt don’t know their interest rate, study shows. Retrieved from https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/10/40percent-of-americans-with-credit-card-debt-dont-know-their-interest-rate.html
- Sull, C., Sull D., Zweig, B. (2022, January 11) Toxic Culture is Driving Great Resignation. Retrieved from https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/toxic-culture-is-driving-the-great-resignation/
- Hayes, B. (2021, December 8) Neutralize Higher Health Insurance Premiums in 2022. Retrieved from https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/410464
- Giovanetti, E. (2022, January 18) Credit balances spike as Americans become increasingly reliant on credit card debt. Retrieved from https://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/credit-card-debt-balances-grow-federal-reserve