By: AJ McCreary, PICurrent Assistant Producer You remember the old saying, “In every storm cloud there is a silver lining”. The idea of looking for good signs in a bad place is needed even more with our economy in trouble. It might be the worst financial disaster since the Great Depression and has hit millions [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Looking for Economic Silver Linings, Hoping We Can Recycle Them
Posted in Crash Course, Living Green, Money, tagged budgeting, credit, energy efficient technology, Finacial crisis, government assistance, politics, recycling, reusable products on October 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Higher Education? It’s Just Higher in Cost!
Posted in Crash Course, Education, Money, tagged cost of education, cost of tuition, economic downturn, Education, grants, increasing education price, post-secondary education, rising school cost, student grants, student loans on October 31, 2008 | 5 Comments »
By Mike Lazear: PICurrent Assistant Producer During my college years, I remember hating the cost of textbooks, cafeteria food and tuiton. And I was an in-state student, so my costs were actually not all that bad. In fact, I was lucky. The cost of education is now much higher than it was in 2003, and [...]
BPA: Do You Know What’s in Your plastic bottles?
Posted in Crash Course, Health Care, tagged Bisphenol-A, BPA, BPA-free, chemicals, FDA, hormones, plastic, polycarbonate, water bottles on October 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
by Alexis Cala, PIC Current Assistant Producer Many of us regularly use plastic baby bottles, water bottles, and eat canned foods. But you may want to think twice before using them next time. If you find the number “7” on the bottom of your bottles or cans, then your containers have a chemical called Bisphenol-A [...]
The Incredible Shrinking Economy
Posted in Crash Course, Money, tagged economy, financial crisis, GDP, Money, Recession, Wall Street, What is the GDP on October 30, 2008 | Comments Off
by Colin Lovett, PICurrent Managing Producer So, you’ve seen the latest about the shrinking economy. The U.S. Commerce Department says the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell 0.3% for the third quarter of this year (July-September). It’s the biggest drop since the recession of 2001. But the strange part? Things are so bad that Wall [...]
Fed Cuts Key Interest Rate
Posted in Crash Course, Money, tagged credit, federal reserve cuts interest rates, finance, how does the fed rate affect me, markets, Wall Street, what do interest rates mean to me on October 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
by Colin Lovett, PICurrent Managing Producer Just a quick update to a post we did earlier today. The Federal Reserve just announced a half-percent cut on the fed fund rate. The rate, which sets how much banks charge each other for short term loans, now stands at just 1.0%. The Federal Reserve, which sets the rate, is [...]
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