Tag: cost of living
If a new baby is in the works for the new year, prepare yourself now. Despite the pure joy of having a child, the fact of the matter is that the basics – daycare plus a second bedroom, extra health insurance, food and personal items – are expensive even in Little Rock, Arkansas, which is at…
Marketplace recently estimated that a family’s common expenses have increased 30 percent since the 1990s. This was based on the inflation-adjusted prices for 11 necessities and small luxuries, from food, housing, college, and medical care to movie tickets and air fare. On the income side of the household ledger, one well-known study estimates that the lifetime, inflation-adjusted incom…