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Average Family Budget 2009

March 26th, 2011

Take a look at this excellent graphic of the average household budget from visualeconomics.com
How The Average U.S. Consumer Spends Their Paycheck – Visual Economics
Source: http://www.visualeconomics.com/how-the-average-us-consumer-spends-their-paycheck/

Average Household Budget

Average Household Budget Chart

*Data from the 2009 United States Department of Labor Consumer Expenditures Survey

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Posted in BUDGET, Cable, Car, Credit Cards, Education, Entertainment, Food, Health, Housing, Internet, Loans, Phone, Travel, Utilities

The No-Budget Challenge

March 22nd, 2011

Here is an online game where the challenge is to survive on minimal income without a budget for a short period of time.
The game does a good job at presenting the kinds of challenges that people face when making personal budget decisions.
It’s a good tool for demonstrating the need for plenty of savings.

The tool is presented by the Urban Ministries of Durham.

Let me know what you think!

-Budgie

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