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Schools Parks & The Presidential Election

By The Home Economist| 2012-10-18T21:28:16+00:00 January 3rd, 2012|Categories: Random|Tags: Alabama unemployment, Alaska unemployment, Arizona Unemployment, Arkansas unemployment, California unemployment, Colorado unemployment, Connecticut unemployment, DC unemployment, Delaware unemployment, Florida unemployment, How the unemployment rate affects families, parks, schools|

How unemployment affects you, even if you have a job or don't need one. By the Home Economist This election everyone's talking about the unemployment rate. May sound like a real snoozer, leaving you to think, [...]

Whose Salaries are Higher and Whose Fell

By The Home Economist| 2012-10-26T01:03:02+00:00 November 16th, 2011|Categories: Mom-o-nomics, Other People & Money|Tags: advertising agencies, air transportation, annual earnings, appliance and electronic stores, architectrual services, automotive dealers, banking salaries, change in earnings, child day care services, childcare salaries, commercial banking, doctor's offices, earnings, interior design services, investment advice, medical laboratories, other people's money, paychecks, real wages, salaries, weekly earnings|

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 [...]

Social Security Tax

By The Home Economist| 2011-11-15T19:07:30+00:00 November 15th, 2011|Categories: Econo-YOU|

Payroll tax cut continues - and that means...more laundry detergent Thanks to the economic madness, the government had been taking less money from our paychecks -- 2 percent less to be exact. That meant more cash in our pockets. The tax break was [...]

Kid-O-Nomics: Start Teaching Kids about Money In Kindergarten and Keep Going

By The Home Economist| 2012-10-26T17:20:13+00:00 October 23rd, 2011|Categories: Kids & Money|Tags: allowances, chores, economics in schools, education, kids, kids and money, kids social security number, money, raising financially responsible kids, school funding, schools, teaching kids to budget|

Allowances, jobs, saving and spending, the lastest push in education is to get economics in schools. Here's what you need to do at home. BY THE HOME ECONOMIST This week in her after-school program, teen coordinator [...]

Outsmart Inflation

By The Home Economist| 2011-10-22T14:07:42+00:00 October 22nd, 2011|Categories: Random|

Drink wine! And other important steps toward beating rising prices. Big news this week: the cost of living is higher. (No duh.) Since last year prices rose by 3.9 percent - that's inflation for you. But the truth [...]

Home Owner Tax Deductions Might Be Deducted

By The Home Economist| 2011-10-05T15:47:04+00:00 October 5th, 2011|Categories: Random|

Will Congress Swipe Your Next Tax Savings? Maybe. Like powerful wizards with the potential to zap money from our pockets, Congress - which is searching high and low for cash seeing as they've got very little to work with at [...]

Cheat Sheet: Child Saftey Belt Law

By The Home Economist| 2012-10-06T04:42:15+00:00 October 4th, 2011|Categories: Random|

Confused about car seats? It's all right here, state-by-state. If you have trouble installing yours - from a rear-facing model to a booster seat - click here to find an inspection center near you. xoxo Brett State Child Restraint Required [...]

Your Money Back from A Bad Investment

By The Home Economist| 2012-10-15T18:53:07+00:00 September 27th, 2011|Categories: Growing Money|Tags: bad investment, Investments, money back, SEC|

Because The Deck Shouldn't be Illegally Stacked Against You. Everyone knows there are risks associated with trying to make some money in the market. But among the dangers you shouldn't have to face are companies that violate securities [...]

Economists Care That Your Friends Will Be Buying New Vacuums

By The Home Economist| 2012-10-17T00:47:04+00:00 September 27th, 2011|Categories: Other People & Money|Tags: buying a home, buying vaccums, carpet, consumer confidence, refrigerators, Shopping, what other people are buying|

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 [...]

3 Priciest Cities and What Your Life Would Be Like

By The Home Economist| 2012-10-17T00:55:09+00:00 September 25th, 2011|Categories: Happiness & Money, Mom-o-nomics|Tags: Anaheim CA, Barnstable MA, Expensive cities, moving, relocating, White Plains NY|

Facing the economic decision of relocating? Nice. But remember home prices, job salaries, and even neighbors will change drastically across the USA. In this week's cross country comparison, we bring you a few of your life in three of the nation's least [...]

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