Pink-Slip Capitals
Main Blog on May 26th 2009
he slowing economy has made such large-scale layoffs common. According to a new report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 3,489 mass layoffs in the first quarter of the year, eliminating 559,000 jobs. These big payroll cuts accounted for more than a fourth of the 2.1 million jobs lost during the period. [...]
Economic Worries
Main Blog on Oct 31st 2008
Has this economy gotten you down? Who isn’t worried about the economy? We watch our retirement funds dwindle down to nothing. It is depressing to watch our hard earned money slip away.
Although gas prices have dropped somewhat, nothing else has. Food prices continue to climb as do the utility rates. It seems there is no [...]
More Stimulus Checks?
Main Blog on Oct 22nd 2008
After reading an article on CNN.com, it seems that lawmakers are feeling compelled to do more to boost the economy which could mean a second stimulus package during “its lame- duck session following the presidential election.” They are saying that some parts of the country are already in a recession. You think? No kidding. We [...]
Personal Changes in a Declining Economy
Main Blog on Sep 17th 2008
I don’t know about you, but this economy is getting to be pretty scary thing for our family budget. I can certainly see what they meant when economists said a while back that eventually there would not be a middle class. The gas prices have certainly put a crunch on our family budget as well as [...]
