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The October 2026 Consumer Price Index of All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) report indicates that inflation rose by 0.4% this month, down from a 0.6% rise in September. These data were released at 8:30 am EST on November 10, 2026, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). As...
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The financial geography of Georgia comprises fast-growing cities and rural communities with limited banking access. With the continuously rising housing costs, utility bills, and everyday expenses in metro areas like Atlanta and Savannah, combined with stagnated wages...
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I have spent more than twenty years writing about consumer debt, and the debt consolidation category is the one that has changed the least in that time. The pitch is still the same: one payment, one rate, one date, and the mess goes away. What has changed is who is...
I have been writing about consumer finance for more than twenty years, and if there is one question that lands in my inbox more than any other, it is some version of this: "Should I just file bankruptcy, or is there a way out that doesn't blow up my whole life?" The...
| Monthly | Yearly | |
|---|---|---|
| October 2026 |
0.4% 
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Not Reported
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