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Akpan told Insider she was inspired by Dave Ramsey s gazelle intensity method.
They took 3 steps: selling their house to buy an RV, creating a budget, and increasing their income.
For Karen Akpan, 2020 ended on a high note. She and her husband, Sylvester, finally paid off $118,000 of student debt. And they did it all, amid a historic year of pandemic and uncertainty.
The 32-year-old Akpan went to college when she was just 16 to study child and adolescent development, and went on to obtain a master s degree in family and consumer sciences. The degrees left her with a collective $69,510 of debt, including what she estimates to be $10,000 in interest. She told Insider she regretted getting her master s, because she was unable to find the kind of good-paying job she thought it would guarantee. She currently runs a lifestyle and parenting blog, The Mom Trotter, full-time.
Northern Land Council opposes NT park entry fee plan, citing tourism impact
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JanJanuary 2021 at 9:52pm
The NLC fears the tourism industry could suffer from a plan to introduce entry fees at some NT parks.
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One of the Northern Territory s most powerful land councils is opposing the NT Government s introduction of national park entry fees for now, citing the impact it could have on tourism during the pandemic.
Key points:
Some traditional owners say they support the fees, but want extra oversight
The NT Government says it will begin consultations in the coming weeks
The NT Government has confirmed it will start charging international and interstate visitors entry fees to popular Top End tourism drawcards such as Litchfield National Park during the next financial year.
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January 19, 2021
KARACHI: Public debt marginally increased two percent or Rs715 billion to Rs35.8 trillion during the five months to November due to low cost of borrowing, the central bankâs data showed on Monday.
Public debt amounted to Rs35.1 till June-end last year, according to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). The public debt has been growing at a slower pace of 1 to 2 percent since the start of this fiscal year.
The government accommodated a deficit budget to extend pandemic-related relief and to accelerate the pace of economic recovery, the SBP said in a latest report. âThe debt management strategy during FY21 was centered primarily on reducing the borrowing cost, extending the maturity profile and improving the liquidity position of the government,â it said. âIn this context, with the introduction of floating rate long-term instrument, the government has effectively deepened the domestic debt market.â The debt was Rs32.130 trillion by th
The stock market could experience a correction soon.
Prices already reflect a wallop of government spending and central-bank aid that can’t get much larger from here,
Bank of America warns. Other market watchers are downbeat as well.
The S&P 500 entered Friday up about 1% year to date, but ended the day with a loss of 0.7%, bringing the year-to-date move to 0.3%. Stocks were down even after President-elect Joe Biden said he wants to spend an additional $1.9 trillion to tide over consumers and businesses until normality returns.
Meanwhile, valuations are high. The equity risk premium the earnings yield on the average