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  • St. Patrick's Day is approaching and so is tax time. So we're holding a contest. Send us your tax-related limericks.

  • Total outstanding student loan debt is expected to surpass a trillion dollars in 2012. So what does that mean for education and the economy?

  • An expert in advising college graduates on job searches feels the pain of parents trying to help their 20-something kids find a job.

  • Living debt-free is a good thing, right? Those with little or no credit history are finding out you really can be "too thin."

  • When you're in pain and in need of treatment, it's hard to pay really close attention to your health care choices. Commentator Renee Lux describes how treating her stiff neck led to a huge hike in her insurance costs.

  • Marketplace's Wealth and Poverty reporters talked with people from all over the country, and many, regardless of their earning power, had very little in the way of savings.

  • Mar 2, 2012

    Bracing for baby

    Expectant parents should be thinking about some very basic questions as they figure out the costs of bringing a new life into the world.
    WALTRAUD GRUBITZSCH/AFP/Getty Images

    Kids are expensive! Author Carmen Wong Ulrich discusses the serious financial decisions to-be parents should be thinking about.

  • President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama at home in the White House. The finances of the First Family are tighter than you'd think, says New York Times correspondent Jodi Kantor.
    BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images

    The president lives in that big ol' D.C. mansion, where he's waited on hand and foot at the taxpayers' expense, right? Not exactly. Author Jodi Kantor says being president is plenty hard on the pocketbook.

  • Mar 2, 2012

    Chase slips up

    JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon
    ERIC PIERMONT/AFP/Getty Images

    A JPMorgan Chase executive said this week that clients who have less than $100,000 in deposits are unprofitable for the bank. New York bureau chief Heidi Moore discusses consumer reaction to that statement, and what it means for the bank.

  • Carl Richards' personal finance drawings pull no punches.
    Behaviorgap.com

    Tess talks with personal finance commentator and artist Carl Richards in front of a live audience in Park City, Utah.