Finance
Record-low interest rates fatten banks, hinder saving, investing
U.S. consumers are cutting debt and trying to conserve more money. A double dip recession is the main concern for the federal Reserve which intends on keeping interest rates as low as possible. Banks benefit from the interest rates being so low. This means they get to have much more money. Banks are making ...
Obama throws an additional $ 3 billion at unemployed foreclosure loans
The Obama administration is pumping $ 3 billion into programs to help the unemployed with foreclosure prevention. The Hardest Hit Fund would going to be doubled with one more $ 2 billion was announced last week to be put into the fund. $ 1 billion was given to a program to help unemployed borrowers who ...
Consumer spending fails to keep pace with increasing incomes
United States financial numbers for May 2010 are in, and as outlined by Bloomberg Business, individual incomes outpaced consumer spending. This reportedly made it much more possible for households to boost all of their savings and support the economic recovery, although how slower spending boosts the nation's economic recovery is in question. It could possibly ...
How to finance your home improvement plans
According to Fox Business, Americans are likely to spend a lot more than $ 121 billion on home improvement in 2010, so knowing how to finance home improvement is very important. Here are seven of the financing opportunities.
Seven possibilities- how to finance home enhancement
Breaking a larger concept down into smaller parts makes it much less ...
Student Loan Bill: Cutting out the middleman
Hidden inside the health care reform bill that congress passed on Sunday was a bill that will reform the student loan system. Saving $ 61 billion in just 10 years, the student loan bill will change how student loans are administered. $ 30 billion of those projected savings can be going back into education, while ...