Tag: budget

How Fed Interest Rate Increases Could Raise Your Household Debt

For most of my career I’ve heard predictions that the federal debt would end in collapse. The warnings have come from both parties, usually from whichever one is not in power. Not having seen a collapse yet, I’m skeptical of new warnings. A recent one...

Small Steps Can Help Couples Begin Changing a Cycle of Money Conflict

A common pattern for couples who are trying to manage their spending goes like this: The partners sit down together, look at the numbers, lay out a spending plan, and agree on what has to change. This works for a few weeks. Then either or both slip back into old...