How Rising Interest Rates Will Impact You

The US economy has recovered from the economic recession, but with all the money that has been pumped in by the government, it is now facing the problem of inflation. The Federal Reserve is taking several steps to deal with inflation without touching benchmark interest rates. For example, it has stopped purchasing mortgage-backed securities, which will reduce the rate at which money is entering the economy. [Read more…]

How Rising Interest Rates Can Impact You

Interest rates have slowly started picking up and this will have a huge impact on your personal finances. It will increase the costs of your debt while giving you better returns on your savings.

During the economic recession, the Fed pumped in money into the economy. It kept the banks that were struggling because of high risk mortgage loans afloat by giving huge loans. It also made purchases of mortgage backed securities and kept the money supply in the economy at a high level. The economy seems to be on the road towards recovery and most of the banks were saved. [Read more…]

Home Bottom #1 Widget

This is a widgeted area which is called Home Bottom #1. It is using the Genesis - Featured Post widget to display what you see on the Enterprise child theme demo site. To get started, log into your WordPress dashboard, and then go to the Appearance > Widgets screen. There you can drag the Genesis - Featured Post widget into the Home Bottom #1 widget area on the right hand side. To get the image to display, simply upload an image through the media uploader on the edit post screen and publish your post. The Featured Post widget will know to display the post image as long as you select that option in the widget interface.

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