The economy has everyone on edge. Perhaps you are one of those unfortunate Americans who have recently lost their job and are looking for a new one. Or maybe you’re a stay at home parent who needs to earn an income to help ease the pressure of rising costs in the household by rejoining [...]
February 14th, 2010 | Debbie Dragon | Comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "economy"
Wal-Mart, Home Depot Cutting Jobs
Recent data has shown the economy in the United States is slowly recovering. However, this has not automatically translated to people keeping their jobs, or finding new ones. Some of the largest retail chains in the country are continuing to lay off employees at a staggering rate.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. announced plans on cutting over 11,000 [...]
How a Savings Plan Can Help Global Recovery
The beginning of 2010 has seen the dust settling on the global financial crisis. The worst appears to be over, and world-wide, governments and business have recovery plans under way. Confidence is returning to business and households, with both groups looking to the future.
This is an excellent time for salary earners to re-assess their financial [...]
Will Congressional Bailouts Stop Sinking the Ship?
Congress made history in 2009 by loaning billions of dollars to failing banks across the country in an effort to boost the disastrous economy. Many Americans were outraged as it began to appear as though big business could mishandle exorbitant amounts of money and just sit back and let the federal government toss money at [...]
December 30th, 2009 | Debbie Dragon | Comments | Continued
Job Prospects for Recent Grads are Bleak
November’s unemployment rates showed a national average of 10%, down just slightly over the previous month. For recent college grads and you adults ranging from 20-24 years, the rates crept up higher to an astounding 16%. Even students that go to high ranked universities and graduate with honors are having a tough time [...]
December 19th, 2009 | Debbie Dragon | Comments | Continued
Did the Economy Sound the Death Toll for Black Friday?
Black Friday is traditionally known as the biggest shopping day of the year. With the state of the current economy still at a low point, how did Black Friday 2009 shape up? Did consumers bring the ka-ching to the nation’s retailers or has Black Friday turned red?
Overall, retailers made some major changes in their Black [...]
November 28th, 2009 | Debbie Dragon | Comments | Continued
US Economy: Slower Recovery Than First Reported
Today the US Commerce Department released solid figures for the third quarter. They reported that the US Economy only grew by 2.8% last quarter (July-Sept). Originally it was thought to have grown 2.8%. While the economy is showing signs of recovery, it is a slow, struggling battle. On the positive side, [...]
November 16th, 2009 | Debbie Dragon | Comments | Continued
Worst is Yet to Come With Possible “Double-Dip” Recession
The outlook on the recession continues to be bleak. With another 200,000 jobs lost in October, 2009, the unemployment rate now sits at 10.2%. According to the New York Daily News, if you figure in the partially employed and “discouraged” workers, the figure actually sits at 17.5%. The numbers are bleak, and not looking to [...]
November 12th, 2009 | Debbie Dragon | Comments | Continued
Top Issues of Consumers
The results of a national survey in August and September provide additional confirmation that economic concerns are the top worry on the minds of consumers in America. The Center for Food Integrity released their findings on the top eleven issues. The mean scores are between zero and 10 with the higher scores being of the greatest [...]
September 24th, 2009 | trisha | Comments | Continued
Will the Christmas Buying Season Be Better This Year?
Some financial handicappers are predicting a lack-luster Holiday buying season. These predictions are based upon overall prevailing consumer attitudes, which are not likely to change in the next few months.
Compared to last year, a prediction of a similar buying season is not good for retailers who went all out to produce some of the best [...]
Consumers Living in the Moment and Spending Time at Home
Discussion about the recession may be on the decline but that doesn’t mean consumers have brightened their outlook. Recent consumer surveys show that stress is still high as consumers try to weather the financial storm.
Consumers have trimmed spending where they can; taking advantage of coupons, purchasing store brand over national brand and eating at [...]
Economic Recovery is Here, But Slow Moving
Looking at economic numbers that are presented to us every day, we see evidence that a recovery is beginning to take root. But, the bad news is that a few key indices show little improvement. Some parts of the economy will hold any recovery to a slow crawl. Maybe a slow and [...]
September 17th, 2009 | Debbie Dragon | Comments | Continued
Cash For Your Clunky Appliances?
The $2.9 billion cash-for-clunkers car program ended on August 24th. While everyone had a different opinion as to it’s level of success, there is no denying that the program helped stimulate the automobile sales. The exact results of the affect on the US GDP will be provided sometime in the upcoming months by [...]
August 31st, 2009 | Debbie Dragon | Comments | Continued
Bad Economy Means Good Buys
There is always a silver lining, right? Consider that when things go badly in the economy, that is the time when prices drop on some items that you might need to purchase. Here are some things that have very good prices right now.
Cars and trucks. Could this be the best time to buy a new [...]
Living In A Recession
This article is provided by Kathy Zengolewicz, a student of MakeMoneyFromWriting.com, where she is learning how to find freelance writing jobs and establish an online writing business. Kathy is the founder of The Ardent Author
What is a recession?
A recession is when there is a decline in industrial production, employment, real income, and [...]
How to Plan for a Job Change – Unexpected or Otherwise
As the economy continues to struggle, many employers are faced with the toughest of decisions – how to let go of a trusted group of employees. Many employees are faced with the difficult decision to depart for a better financial opportunity. Whatever the reason behind a job change, the fact remains that without proper preparation, [...]
November 18th, 2008 | tisha | Comments | Continued
Never a Better Time to Become Frugal
As our economy continues to nose dive, it’s never been a better time to put away the credit cards and change from the “spend, spend, spend” attitude this generation has adapted to one of “pay off and save”. It’s probably not the best idea to sit back and try to ride-out the current market downswing [...]
September 30th, 2008 | Debbie Dragon | Comments | Continued
Don’t Get Suckered into Fraudulent Loans
Sadly, on top of all of the other negative things that are going on across the nation and the world, such as an unstable economy, consumers also have to contend with acts of fraud and unsavory business types that can destroy lives.
One such notable problem that has been in the news lately is the subject [...]
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