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Thursday, 06 March 2008 |
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By dror klar
 If you are one of the millions of average people who have one of those jobs that allow you to get by, but barely, then no one has to tell you what Hump day is. It is Wednesday of course, the middle of the work week with at least a couple of more days to go until payday. We are usually glad to see Wednesday come around because it means we are half way to the weekend, but that is not always a good thing if you are also out of money about this time.
It has always been a struggle for those of us who have to live on a budget that is so tight that sometimes there is just absolutely no where that you can squeeze out another $50 or $100 bucks to get us through the rest of the week. It can be a bad situation if you need gas just to get back and forth to work so you can get paid on Friday.
People that have better paying jobs may not understand how easy it is |
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Wednesday, 05 March 2008 |
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By Tom Dawson
 An increasing number of Britons are worried about their capacity to manage their money, new research shows.
In the Debt Index study carried out by MoneyExpert, it was revealed that 3.04 million consumers are currently extremely worried regarding their ability to control their finances. Overall, some one in three (33 per cent) adults who are in some form of personal debt are either "concerned" or "very concerned" about how they will manage with making repayments. The firm indicated that such debts may include UK personal loans, credit cards and mortgages, with the increase in money management concerns largely being attributed to the impact of spending over the festive period.
Findings from MoneyExpert also showed that cheap personal loans are becoming increasingly popular among Britons. During the last three months the proportion of consumers with such a loan has gone up by one percentage point to 28 per cent. Uptake of overdrafts was also indicated as rising.
Research from the firm additionally showed that 27 per cent of those with debts have gone on to increase the amount by which they |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 05 March 2008 )
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