Nearly Half of #Florida #Households Living #Paycheck to Paycheck, #Study Finds
https://centralflorida.substack.com/i/166295071/nearly-half-of-florida-households-living-paycheck-to-paycheck-study-finds

Nearly Half of #Florida #Households Living #Paycheck to Paycheck, #Study Finds
https://centralflorida.substack.com/i/166295071/nearly-half-of-florida-households-living-paycheck-to-paycheck-study-finds
Why many #lowincome #households can’t afford this #free #homeimprovement program
And if the US has to pay more in interest to borrow cash to pay its bills, that could filter out & cause interest rates to rise for US #households & #businesses too, everything from #mortgage rates to #AutoLoans rates to #CreditCards. That could slow the #economy.
…the #credit downgrade does comes ahead of a key period for Washington, where it’s set to debate potential cuts in #taxes for corporations & the wealthy that could suck away more revenue, as well as the nation’s #DebtCeiling.
https://www.europesays.com/2084120/ Arkansas food pantries to see uptick amid tariffs and inflation #Arkansas #assistance #business #FoodInsecurity #FoodPantries #households #Inflation #PotluckFoodRescue #tariffs #TradeWar
So what are they going to do about it? Nothing. “It’s insane,” Michael Strain, an #economist with the #conservative leaning #AmericanEnterpris Institute, told me recently of Trump’s #tariffs. “This is an enormous self-inflicted wound on the #economy, and to see our government do this to #American #businesses and #households is something I never thought I would see.”
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“Thirty years ago, the average #buyer looked more like the #MedianIncome earner. But over time we’ve seen that shift [to] #households that are in the top two income quintiles, so top 40 per cent of income earners, and shift from being #SingleIncome earning households to #DualIncome households,”
#AusPol / #housing / #HousingCrisis / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals / #Labor <https://archive.md/kbscP> / <https://www.theage.com.au/property/news/how-much-you-can-afford-to-spend-on-a-house-20250423-p5ltn1.html>
https://www.europesays.com/uk/19334/ Kinetic starts USD 13mn Fiber Internet Development » World Business Outlook #area #benefit #BroadbandServices #commerce #Courtyard #CrecentLakes #dynamic #expansion #FiberInternet #households #Internet #Investment #Neighborhood #Operations #SugarCreek #Technology #UK #UnitedKingdom #WBO
Typically only a small number of career ofcls control #Treasury’s payment systems. Run by the Bureau of #Fiscal Service, the sensitive systems control the flow of >$6T annually to #households, #businesses & more nationwide. …Hundreds of millions of people across the country rely on the systems, which…distribute #SocialSecurity & #Medicare benefits, #salaries for federal personnel, payments to govt #contractors & #grant recipients & #TaxRefunds, among tens of thousands of other functions.
University of Maryland: An Unlikely Tool to Predict Household Energy Costs on Large Scale. “Using Google Street View images and an artificial intelligence system, a research team including a University of Maryland public health scholar were able to predict household energy costs for a broad swath of Chicago’s population. The method can be used nationwide to assess the use of passive design […]
Over half (56.7%) of employments with earnings in the top 1% were held by those living in Dublin
https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-dea/distributionofearningsbygenderandcounty2023/?utm_source=MA&utm_medium=MA&utm_campaign=countyearnings
#CSOIreland #Ireland #LabourForceSurvey #LabourForce #Households #Families #IrishFamilies #IrishHouseholds #LabourMarket #LiveRegister #Jobs #Employment #Unemployment
The #jobs report arrives just 2 weeks after policymakers at the #FederalReserve reduced interest rates for the first time since 2020, in part due to labor market cooling. That move signaled that the era of painful #inflation has come to a close.
The half-point rate cut, which will lower borrowing #costs, is expected to bring relief to #households & #businesses eager to take out #loans.
Four in ten daily internet users in Ireland in the first half of 2024 are almost always online
Via #LLRX How to Sign Up for Local #Natural Disasters Strike. #Naturaldisasters have affected nearly 90%of U.S. counties since 2013, and while many #households know abput preparing #emergency kits, a recent #FEMA survey found a large drop in how many people are signed up to receive emergency alerts and warnings. Early warning systems save lives during disasters. This article walks you through how to ensure you can receive these #warnings via your #phone #text or #email https://www.llrx.com/2024/09/how-to-sign-up-for-local-emergency-alerts-before-natural-disasters-strike/
In other cases #tariffs could backfire on the #US #economy, by inviting retaliation from foreign govts & raising costs for #consumers. Economic research has indicated that the cost of tariffs tend to be borne by #American #businesses & #households, rather than #ForeignCompanies.
“#Trump seems drawn to trade tariffs as a bargaining tool w/other countries because tariffs have powerful domestic #political #SYMBOLISM…,” said Eswar Prasad, a trade economist at Cornell U.
#Guaranteed #BasicIncome #programs #proliferate across #California.
Beginning Monday, 150 #households in #FresnoCounty are expected to receive a $500 #prepaid #card to spend on anything they’d like — #nostringsattached. It will be the first of 12 monthly #recurring #payments those Southwest #Fresno and #Huron #residents will receive as part of a guaranteed basic income program for #lowincome #families.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #California #Politics #Progress
https://calmatters.org/newsletter/california-guaranteed-income-programs/
Ukraine Daily Summary - Saturday, April 13
Rebuilding Kyiv Oblast power plant possible but 'futile' without air defense -- Ukrainian army collapse cannot be ruled out US official says -- Russia sending units from Far East to replenish losses in Ukraine -- Russia's war existential threat to the people of Ukraine -- and more
https://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20Summary%20-%20Saturday,%20April%2013/
Slight decline in household saving at the end of 2023
https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-hs/householdsavingq42023/?utm_source=MA&utm_medium=MA&utm_campaign=saving
#CSOIreland #Ireland #Households #HouseholdSaving #Savings #Income #IrishFamilies
I'm trying to sign up for men's #cooking #lessons here in #Japan to placate my busy #Japanese wife. While she was away, I made this cheese omelette; beginner's luck! A #community center has me on a waiting list, or I could spill for more upscale lessons. It is astonishing and unJapanese that single-person #households are approaching 40%. #Single #men of all ages have a poor #diet, which exacerbates the #lifespan gap with #women. #Loneliness is also a #health hazard. Many men are #widowed, never #married, or their #wives #divorce them, often after the children become independent and the husband is useless around the house after a busy career. Single men, or married men interested in cooking or helping their wives, possibly fearing their wives' pent-up anger, can find #companionship as well as #survival #skills in cooking lessons. Men's classes start from zero; women #cook and #socialize.
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