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Consumer confidence drops for October

Consumer confidence drops for October

The Consumer Board released October’s Consumer Confidence Index number today and it was below what anyone was expecting. It fell to 47.7 for the month which is the Board’s second lowest reading since May.
to put the number into perspective; a number higher than 90 means …

Today’s Ebook – ID Theft: What It’s All About

Today’s featured ebook download is ID Theft: What It’s All About (611 KB, 36 pg) – A small information pamphlet from the FTC that details how thieves can steal your personal information and use it to commit fraud for long periods without your knowledge. Here’s …

The airlines have decided to gouge you during the holidays this year.

The airlines have decided to gouge you during the holidays this year.

It looks like the airlines are at it again. They are really wanting to get any money that they can from you, the flyer, whenever and however they can. They pull dirty, sneaky tricks and expect consumers to just fall for them or accept them …

The job market might start to get better in the next 5 years.

The job market might start to get better in the next 5 years.

The new data from the United States Department of Labor was released recently and the outlook for recovery in the job market is a bit depressing. The data suggests it will take many years for the labor market to fully recover to the level it …

Banks that were too big to fail are now bigger?

Banks that were too big to fail are now bigger?

The banks that were supposedly too large to fail last year when the government decided to bail out crumbling banks are now bigger than they were just a year ago. Even with measures in place to try to keep banks from getting too large, somehow …