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Repaid. michelle singletary writes the nationally syndicated personal finance column, the color of money for the new york post, and also the author of the book, what to do with your money when a crisis hits: a survival guide. thank you so much for joining us today. in this case, if the supreme court rules against student loan forgiveness, what is your advice to all of those people out there who are counting on your loans going away and would then have to find a way instead to pay them off? yeah, we ll they ll have about three months to begin making their payments. the interest will start accruing in september, and the first payment wouldn t be do until october. and so what i have been telling people, if you haven t been making any payments and you got used to that pause, to start practicing paying those payments now. so put that money in a savings account and see how it impacts your budget. and if you find that that is ....
Critics say it was one of the concessions he made to win the speaker s job. the white house says it will not compromise and a showdown looms, most likely coming to a head this summer. joining me now is jason furman, former chairman of president obama s council of economic advisers. let s talk about the debt ceiling, what it is. we know janet yellen last friday sent a letter warning congress this coming thursday, tomorrow, was the limit for the initial hitting the debt limit on government spending where the bills have to be paid but that she could use extraordinary measures, in other words moving money around, reinvesting money, postponing some payments, so that it would really hit sometime in june or even later, possibly. give us your assessment when this crisis hits and why. yeah. this week is really just the starting gun of the process. ....
Increase 8% this holiday shopping season to around 940 to $960 billion so a lot of positivity for this holiday shopping season despite the rate of inflation. interesting so see spending going up as high as inflation is. alison kosik from the macy s in new york, thank you very much. we re digging deeper with personal finance columnist michele singletary. her latest book what to do with your money when crisis hits: a survival guide. at this time last year the concern was supply chain issues. this year it s inflation. as alison laid out for us holiday sales expected to be up compared to last year and retail sales surged last month so why do you think it is that consumers are seemingly ignoring inflation? well, i think there s still a lot of pent-up demand shopping ....
She did think it was safe. the coroner intervened again slightly later to say what gives you the right to make a decision about the material that you place before children? and she replied, these are not decisions we take in a vacuum. angus crawford, thank you. the time is 19 minutes past one. our top story this lunchtime. the pound touched a record low against the dollar overnight as the uk react to tax cuts. as the cost of living crisis hits struggling households, we look at how supermarket customers have been changing their shopping habits. coming up on the bbc news channel. worcester rugby club face being suspended from all competitions unless they can show they have enough money to continue by 5pm today. players and staff have been told to collect their belongings. ....
The need for mental health in america has skyrocketed because people have seen everything upset. everything they have counted on upset. most of it is the consequence of what happened. what happened is a consequence of the covid crisis. he does dismiss claims that covid relief, the spending by his administration is to blame for inflation hitting a 40-year high. also in this interview, the president addressed the growing fears of recession. he said, quote, it s not inevitable because the u.s. is in a stronger position than any nation in the world to overcome this inflation. joining us now michelle singletary. author of what to do with your money when crisis hits. a survival guide. he said a recession is not inevitable because of the strong fundamentals in the economy. what do you think of that assessment? i think he s absolutely right. we have two parts of america. ....