Tuesday, July 18, 2006

The death trap!

In the same duration, tuition fees in private universities have accentuated by a massive 60%. The US Census Bureau states that homes are out of reach for more & more people on account of expanding real estate prices and mortgage rates. According to the bureau, the median weekly earnings have fallen by 0.9% over the past five years and unemployment is at 4.7%. Nearly one in five of the unemployed have been out of work for more than 26 weeks (Not surprisingly, the Merrill Lynch Misery Index confirms the US to be in its worst position since 1995). As a net effect of all this, and the compulsive spenders that Americans are, the savings rate today stands as negative as it was 70 years back during the Great Depression.

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Source:- IIPM Editorial, 2006

Editor:- Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri



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