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Reading the Forested Landscape, Part 1
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Mean amount spent on food prepared and eaten at home
The TRUTH about Meal Replacements
I used to be interested in things like sugar-free food and MSG but lately I've decided it's better to avoid all that junk for basic, simple whole-foods.
‘Remarkable’ surge in auto insurance costs fans US inflation | Reuters
Buy now, pay later is a troublesome type of phantom debt, experts say
Some types of debt can haunt you.
“Buy now, pay later” loans, especially, can be hard to track, making it easier for more consumers to get in over their heads, some experts say — even more than credit cards, which are simpler to account for, despite sky-high interest rates.
Over the holidays, the use of installment payments hit an all-time high, up 14% year over year, according to Adobe’s latest online shopping data.
Buy now, pay later is now one of the fastest-growing categories in consumer finance, according to a separate report by Wells Fargo.