Personal Finance List » Budgeting & Saving http://www.personalfinancelist.com Your free online resource for personal financial tips. Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:17:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Are You Part of the Savings Slump? http://www.personalfinancelist.com/are-you-part-of-the-savings-slump/ http://www.personalfinancelist.com/are-you-part-of-the-savings-slump/#comments Tue, 06 Feb 2007 22:20:20 +0000 jamjardi http://www.personalfinancelist.com/are-you-part-of-the-savings-slump/ Continue reading →]]> According to the Commerce Department, Americans’ personal savings rates are minus 1%, the worst savings rate since the Great Depression. Read the Associated Press story here:

http://news.lycos.com/dynamic/stories/L/LOW_SAVINGS?SITE=LYCOS&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

If you’re one of the many Americans with a shrinking (or non-existent) savings account, MSNBC offers some simple savings tips:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7711260/

And here’s five tips from Yahoo Finance for getting out of debt and saving at the same time:

http://finance.yahoo.com/how-to-guide/banking-budgeting/12830

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http://cgi.money.cnn.com/tools/budget101/budget_101.jsp

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