Tag: saving
member name: Paul Tosto
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April 13, 2009 07:05 PM EDT --
In this economy, we are all saving as much as we can, paying down debt and becoming more frugal. That's a theme we hear regularly as we talk about the economy in Minnesota. As economic watchers wait . . .
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April 23, 2009 10:29 AM EDT --
Most of us are not spending cash these days unless we have to. So Ron Hall of St. Paul, one of our Public Insight Network sources, caught our attention recently when he told us despite tight . . .
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June 01, 2009 11:41 AM EDT --
Save or spend? It's one of our favorite issues here at MinnEcon. I believe this recession is shifting American saving and spending patterns permanently away from consumption and toward savings.
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April 07, 2009 10:36 AM EDT --
It won't be a ton a money but you should see a little more cash rolling into your paycheck in the next few weeks -- part of the federal stimulus package known as the Making Work Pay Tax Credit . . .
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April 24, 2009 03:16 PM EDT --
No one goes into art expecting a huge payday. But in the worst recession in two-plus decades, many diversions have morphed into "non essential" spending. Art among them.
Claire Thoen, . . .
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April 29, 2009 04:07 PM EDT --
I recently highlighted a story from one of our Public Insight Network sources who's a painter who gave us a glimpse of her reality trying to sell work in this economy.
Another network source . . .
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August 10, 2009 11:01 AM EDT --
The worst recession in decades ended the illusion that Americans were managing debt wisely. IOUs worked fine when people had jobs. Not so much now.
So is our love of high leverage over? We don't . . .
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October 19, 2009 01:37 PM EDT --
Halloween to Christmas is a crucial time for retailers. Will consumers spend or save? Here's a post from My MPR colleague Mike Caputo:
We've hit the bottom of the spending decline, say hopeful Minnesota . . .
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March 23, 2009 04:16 PM EDT --
By nature and upbringing, I'm a cheapskate American. So the March 14 Newsweek cover story -- Stop Saving Now! -- made me squirm. To save the economy, we're told, we have to start buying stuff. . . .
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March 23, 2009 04:21 PM EDT --
By nature and upbringing, I'm a cheapskate American. So the March 23 Newsweek cover story -- Stop Saving Now! -- made me squirm. To save the economy, we're told, we have to start buying stuff. . . .
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April 14, 2009 10:36 AM EDT --
Not only are we not buying stuff, we are not driving.
Retail sales took a step back in March, slipping 1.1 percent from February after a couple months of gains. The market had expected a slight . . .
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