Prices for furniture and accessories are in crisis mode, but the sunny forecast will likely bring them back to life. By The Home Economist The morning was filled with economic reports that all together serve as excellent excuses - not to mention back up documentation for us to hand potentially angry husbands - to run out [...]
Check out your area's median home price. Even more importantly, please notice the change in median prices
Okay, economic recovery or not, you know things are bad when Connecticut becomes
Just because you don't have a job doesn't mean you're unemployed. It's actually a designation reserved only for those of us who are actively looking for work and immediately available to accept a job, should a good one be offered. In fact, when our trusty Labor Department takes its monthly household survey to determine how many of us are unemployed, the survey-takers [...]
At least these days, low costs are making milk and meat easier to digest.The government's latest report on consumer prices proves rising costs are not our biggest problem. "Hooray," say economists everywhere. But let's remember that -- at least when it comes to today's friendlier milk and meat prices -- it's not any brilliant economic policy [...]
When it comes to jobs, people are staying put. No word on how many are miserable, though even if the work stinks, hopefully these folks are happy to have it. But there are some numbers proving how things have changed from the past...take a look. And see how brazen we used to be with our [...]
This month, two nutritional opposites - lettuce and cookies - joined forces to pull up average food prices.
If you're cashing higher paychecks but feeling as though you're able to buy less you're - sigh - probably right. Actually, the government will back you up on that.That's because it measures how much we earn each hour (even for people paid annual salaries and commissions.) And after a recent tally, official economists reported that on [...]
Despite the government-funded Cash-for-Clunkers program that gave free money to car buyers, car repair costs are soaring. Below, see the price increases since we rang in the recession. Then click here to see how to save hundreds (and hundreds) of dollars each time you drive in for maintenance and repairs.