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Whose Salaries are Higher and Whose Fell

By | November 16th, 2011|Categories: Mom-o-nomics, Other People & Money|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

The average American has more money to spend -- find out if you're average (you're not) We have more money! Well, that's what the government says, but it''s not entirely true. Not for all of us, anyway. (Please see chart.) Sure, thanks to us working more as prices dropped more, the "real" income  of the average American has grown from last [...]

Economists Care That Your Friends Will Be Buying New Vacuums

By | September 27th, 2011|Categories: Other People & Money|Tags: , , , , , , |

Here's A Peek at Other People's Shopping Plans Most of us think the job market is scary and our income outlook is bleak. So wouldn't you think we'd be clutching our cash tight in our worried little hands? We're not. It seems even more of us are planning to buy cars, homes, refrigerators, carpets and even more new vacuums (seriously? vacuums?) than in late 2007. And back then, our [...]