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    • cost of living

      Lower Cost Of Living Means Less Income For Some

      The good news: the cost of living is decreasing, or at least isn't increasing. The bad news: Colorado is the first state to actually decrease its minimum wage, from $7.28 to $7.24, and Social Security recipients will not be receiving their routine cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA for 2010. More »

      5:00 PM on Sat Oct 17 2009
      By Laura Northrup
      4,182 views, 55 comments

      Most discussed humphrmi: In my opinion, if you receive income that is adjusted for the cost of living, then it's only fair that more »

    • Tastes Burnt

      Starbucks Lowers Some Drink Prices, Raises Others

      Starbucks has raised the prices of some of their drinks and lowered others, in an effort to differentiate their mixed coffee drinks from those currently offered at McDonald's. By making them more expensive, apparently. More »

      2:00 PM on Fri Aug 21 2009
      By Laura Northrup
      12,274 views, 50 comments

    • personal finance

      The Five Universal Financial Truths

      Saving can be boiled down to a few universal financial truths. The sooner you know and internalize them, the sooner you can start enjoying a responsible, sustainable lifestyle. More »

      10:00 AM on Sun Aug 2 2009
      By Carey Alexander
      14,097 views, 32 comments

    • the new job-free economy

      Fed: The Economy Is Recovering — Even If Nobody Has A @#$*@* Job

      Fed Chariman Ben Bernanke testified before the House Committee on Financial Services today, reassuring lawmakers that the bailouts were working — but cautioned that they shouldn't expect their constituents to have jobs again until 2012. More »

      11:37 AM on Tue Jul 21 2009
      By Meg Marco
      5,594 views, 93 comments

    • recession watch

      Stuff Is Cheaper Now Than It Was Last Year, Consumer Price Index Reveals

      Even though gas prices keep rising, businesses haven't been sticking customers with price hikes. In fact, the bear economy has staggered the Consumer Price Index once again, with the index rising only 0.1 percent in May. The miniscule, less-than-expected increase, following a flat April, means that prices were 1.3 percent lower in May than they were a year ago — the largest year-over-year drop since 1950. More »

      11:28 AM on Thu Jun 18 2009
      By Phil Villarreal
      2,140 views, 27 comments

      Most discussed H3ion: I'm sure part of it is simply supply and demand. There's much less demand for goods because so many more »

    • inflation

      If Gas Prices Fly As Expected, Busineses Need To Ground Themselves To Avoid Crashing

      Things that are headed up these days: unemployment, foreclosures, adorable Pixar characters whose houses are attached to helium ballons, Daisuke Matsuzaka's ERA and, argh, gas prices. A Russian energy group is predicting oil, which is currently just over $70 a barrel, will eventually pierce the stratosphere at $250, meaning it'll pretty much be Mad Max time for everyone. More »

      10:17 AM on Mon Jun 15 2009
      By Phil Villarreal
      5,989 views, 75 comments

      Most discussed Eyebrows McGee (now...: My current plan is to purchase corner lots in neighborhoods and put up livery stables so that people can stable more »

    • recession watch

      Consumer Prices Fall For The First Time Since 1955

      Grab your nearest economist and hold them tight, prices are falling. The Labor Department says that the obsessed-over Consumer Price Index fell 0.4 percent for the year — the first annual drop since 1955. More »

      10:59 AM on Wed Apr 15 2009
      By Meg Marco
      9,243 views, 59 comments

    • recession watch

      Never Mind, People Still Aren't Buying Anything

      Just when we thought we saw a light at the end of the tunnel, retail sales dropped "unexpectedly" in March after a three month period of growth. Why is this bad? Because it makes economists worry about deflation. More »

      1:44 PM on Tue Apr 14 2009
      By Meg Marco
      15,240 views, 111 comments

    • certificates of deposit

      Certificates Of Deposit Aren't Risk-Free

      With the stock market gyrating wilder than a dashboard hula doll, you probably want an investment that won't depress you when you open the paper. Certificates of Deposit or "CDs," an insured savings account with a guaranteed interest rate may sound like the antidote, but even they are not without risk. More »

      1:36 PM on Mon Mar 2 2009
      By Bargaineering.com
      11,035 views, 44 comments

      Most discussed catskyfire: The CD has two advantages. One is that the interest rate is likely higher than a savings rate to more »

    • usps

      Buy Your Forever Stamps Now, Price Going Up In May

      The USPS is raising stamp prices in May, so stock up on your "Forever Stamps" before the hike. Starting May 11, the price for a first-class mail stamp will go from $0.42 to $0.44. More »

      11:13 AM on Wed Feb 11 2009
      By Meg Marco
      15,977 views, 47 comments

    • comics

      Comic Book Prices Creep To $3.99 Per Issue

      Over at sci-fi publisher website Tor.com, Heather Massey points out that the ceiling on comic book pricing is being steadily pushed higher by the big publishers, especially Marvel, which now prices individual issues of some of its titles at $3.99 each. More »

      2:51 PM on Thu Jan 29 2009
      By Chris Walters
      5,213 views, 124 comments

      Most discussed Rob Weddle: For anyone here complaining about the cost of comic books: Comic books aren't targeted to you. Yes, you loved them as a more »

    • deflation

      Consumer Prices Are Plummeting! Steepest Drop In History!

      The Consumer Price Index, which measures how much Americans spend on consumer goods like groceries, clothing, entertainment and other goods and services, fell by 1 percent in October compared with prices in the previous month, says the NYT. "It was the steepest single-month drop in the 61-year history of the pricing survey." More »

      12:28 PM on Wed Nov 19 2008
      By Meg Marco
      6,818 views, 64 comments

      Most discussed tande04: I still don't get it. I was just googling this actually to try and get an explaination after I read the more »

    • grocery store economics

      Oil Prices May Go Down, But Don't Expect Your Grocery Bill To Shrink

      Now that the price of oil has dropped — you should expect some of those skyrocketing grocery bills you've been paying to drop, right? Yeah... probably not. More »

      10:59 AM on Mon Oct 20 2008
      By Meg Marco
      10,798 views, 61 comments

    • economy

      Consumer Spending Will Shrink For The First Time In Nearly Twenty Years

      Consumer spending, the engine that powers our economy, is probably going to shrink for the first time in nearly two decades, says the NYT — a move that will "all but guarantee" that the current economic crisis will deepen. More »

      12:59 PM on Mon Oct 6 2008
      By Meg Marco
      4,312 views, 36 comments

    • money meltdown

      Learn About Past Recessions With This Cool Interactive Graph

      So you're probably sitting around thinking, "I want to know more about stagflation, but I want to have fun clicking stuff on the internet, too." Right? No? Who cares. We're still going to direct your attention to this neat interactive graph from the Harvard Business Review. More »

      10:46 AM on Thu Oct 2 2008
      By Meg Marco
      8,409 views, 9 comments

      Most discussed UnStatusTheQuo: Funny, that looks very similar to the inverse value of the dollar. We are due for deflation: [en.wikipedia.org] Fed came around in more »

    • 99 Cents Only

      99 Cents Only Stores Raise Prices To 99.99¢, Narrowly Avoid Having To Buy New Signs

      99 Cents Only, the L.A.-based chain of not-quite-a-dollar stores, has come up with a novel approach to the growing losses it faces as the economy worsens: they're raising their top-priced items to 99.99 cents. More »

      10:00 AM on Wed Sep 10 2008
      By Alex Chasick
      7,751 views, 40 comments

    • dollar stores

      This Dollar Store Taunts You With The Past

      Can there be any sadder indication of our toilet-water economy than a dollar store that references its own happier, cheaper past? This New York City dollar store has pulled down its old sign, "Everything 99¢ Or Less," and rebranded. More »

      4:04 PM on Thu Aug 28 2008
      By Chris Walters
      9,036 views, 40 comments

      Most discussed HogwartsAlum: I remember dime stores. When you could actually get stuff for a dime. Or less. We had a great one more »

    • hershey

      Hershey Hikes Candy Prices 11 Percent

      Well, we've been saying it would be more honest to just raise prices instead of shrinking the product, and Hershey has taken us up on that. On Friday, only months after a 13% hike back in February, Hershey announced a price increase of 10-11% across the product line, citing higher costs for ingredients. More »

      8:16 AM on Mon Aug 18 2008
      By Chris Walters
      4,155 views, 47 comments

      Latest by ShadowFalls: Well, Hershey has already shrank their candy once before, to do it again would be even more insulting than a more »

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