It’s time for a Friday Flight! These episodes are all about the week’s financial news and the impact on your personal finances. There are a lot of headlines out there, but we distill it down to specific takeaways that will allow you to kick off the weekend informed and help you to continue to make smart money moves. In this episode we cover some relevant and helpful stories like: the rise of 40 year mortgages, no library fines and free audiobooks for life, the high cost of free shipping, whether it makes sense to save for your future, the student loan freeze gets extended, more fuel efficient vehicles on the horizon, and affordable car alternatives.
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- The story about working out for 3 seconds a day!
- Interest rates are shooting up.
- Hoopla and the Libby app are a couple of our favorites when it comes to having content delivered to your phone for free- and best part is no late fees!
- Listen back to episode 242: No Car, No Problem if you’re looking for affordable car alternatives or if you just need to hear some encouragement as you’re thinking about dropping a car.
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