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When you take out a loan for a car, charge something to your credit card, or get a personal line of credit, there is going to be an interest rate that applies to your loan. A lot of different factors go into what you will be charged, including your personal credit score. But even those

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By Lauren Aguirre Often the health and vitality of the economy is used as a measure of a president’s success. If the economy is healthy, the president is doing a good job. If it’s not, then there are some things to work on. Many people will blame the state of the economy on the current

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Interest rates have been low for almost a decade to increase spending post-Great Recession. That’s changing and sooner than later. The Federal Reserve plans on raising interest rates three times in 2017, with the first rate hike tentatively scheduled for March. Officials plan on meeting March 14-15 to set rate changes. The probability of the

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