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Getting Personal: Running a new business, fixing a credit score
David Brancaccio and Marketplace's Chris Farrell answer your personal finance questions.
Spending vs. savings during these unnerving times
Into the teeth of this economic gale, I had to make quite a spending decision this week. It wasn't a frivolous purchase – not the $5,000 carbon-f…
Is it finally time to raise interest rates?
The Fed wants to keep interest rates low until 2013, which was supposed to reduce uncertainty. Why does Thomas Hoenig think it actually will have the opposite effect?
What to do with your money now
Two financial experts and an economist answer your questions on how to make (or not make) decisions during this period of severe market volatility.
Investors are ‘scared to debt’
In response to the S&P downgrade and market fears, global investors are living by the mantra: when in doubt, get out.
How does the market nosedive affect your wallet?
Should the average investor join the stock market sell-off?
Explainer: Debt downgrade and your wallet
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How American consumers will be affected: most mortgages and credit card interest rates are tied to U.S. Treasuries. That means higher mortgage payments and credit card bills.
The touchy business of relationships and money
Family and friends are the people you turn to in times of great need. But things can get a bit sticky when that need is a financial one.
Getting Personal: Paying off your mortgage, funding retirement
Tess and MSN's personal finance columnist Liz Pulliam Weston answer listener questions.
How should individual investors respond to the volatile markets?
CBS MoneyWatch editor-at-large Jill Schlesinger explains how your personal finance is affected by the hopeful jobs numbers and depressing market conditions

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