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	<title>My Struggle With Debt</title>
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		<title>5 tips for saving money during a recession</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1. Track your money. I use Mint.com for managing my finances. Mint lets you track your spending habits, create spending categories and budgets. If you use Mint, all of your previous transactions can be imported into their software for easy tracking.
2. Spend less. Look at your budget and see what you can cut back. Is it the $5 latte? The $6 lunch at work? $20 at the movies? Look for simple every day ways to save. Instead of buying lunch at work, bring one with you. Instead of going out ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mystrugglewithdebt.com/?p=178</link>
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		<title>Job losses &#8211; WWII to now</title>
		<description><![CDATA[William Polley has a great graph showing job loss data for the last 50 years. Some of you might have seen Nancy Pelosis scare chart showing that the current job loss is pretty bad. But look what happens when you compare it with what we&#8217;ve seen before:

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		<link>http://mystrugglewithdebt.com/?p=171</link>
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		<title>Recession, depression, what&#8217;s the difference?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Depending on who you listen to we are either in a recession or a depression.  Neither sound good to me but I really didn&#8217;t know what the difference was until now
The text book definition of a recession is  a decline in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for two or more consecutive quarters.
The National Bureau of Economic Research defines  a recession as a significant decline in economic activity spread across the economy, lasting more than a few months, normally visible in real GDP, real income, employment, industrial production, and wholesale-retail sales.
A ...]]></description>
		<link>http://mystrugglewithdebt.com/?p=162</link>
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		<title>Excel budgeting spreadsheets</title>
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Here are several Excel spreadsheets that you can use to plan your budget and investments
Budgeting:
Family budget planner
Monthly household budget
Individual budget
Personal monthly budget
Debt reduction:
Debt snowball
Investing:
Savings and interest calculator
Financial statements:
Balance sheet
Income statement
Cash flow statement
Net worth calculator
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		<link>http://mystrugglewithdebt.com/?p=150</link>
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