Purchasing power of families is declining, working parents are also having a hard time

Purchasing power of families is declining, working parents are also having a hard time

Even work is becoming less and less a guarantee of financial freedom, according to the latest family barometer from the Gezinsbond. Nearly a third of working parents indicate that they have difficulty making ends meet. “Rather difficult to very difficult to make ends meet,” is how 32 percent of parents with children up to the … Read more

Cloudy drinking water after Farys works, possibly 40,000 families affected

Cloudy drinking water after Farys works, possibly 40,000 families affected

Drinkwater In Aalst, Lede, Wetteren, Wichelen, Destelbergen and Lochristi, cloudy drinking water comes from the tap. Drinking water manager Farys is busy flushing the pipes. If you experience health problems, it is best to visit your GP. Yesterday afternoon Farys put a new water pipeline into use, between Opwijk and Gijzegem (Aalst). “This has created … Read more

Italian Families Hit Hard by 14.2% Inflation Boom: CGIA Research Office

Italian Families Hit Hard by 14.2% Inflation Boom: CGIA Research Office

Milan, 3 February 2024 – The average Italian family has spent in the last two years 4,039 euros more due to the inflation boom recorded between 2021-2023, equal to +14.2 percent. If, in fact, the annual expenditure of families in current terms in 2021 amounted to 21,873 euros, in 2023 it rose to 25,913 euros … Read more

New York City’s 60-Day Limit on Asylum Seeker Accommodations Sparks Controversy

New York City’s 60-Day Limit on Asylum Seeker Accommodations Sparks Controversy

Sally, 12, is in tears: she can no longer access the New York hotel where she was staying with her family, Colombian asylum seekers. Her mother Karol and her partner, Sebastian, targeted like thousands of others by a more restrictive reception policy in the city, must take new steps to find a home. Tested, the … Read more

Decreasing Outstanding Loans and Deposits in Provence: Impact on Businesses and Families

Decreasing Outstanding Loans and Deposits in Provence: Impact on Businesses and Families

Las companies and families from province they settled the second trimester with a new year-on-year decline from amount that they had requested in loans. And there has already been a complete year of declines, according to the indicators of the Bank of Spain. A June 2023 date -the figures are provided quarterly and these are … Read more

Families prefer to pay debts before asking for more credit

Families prefer to pay debts before asking for more credit

It points out that “in line with the slowdown in household spending and in a context of lower household debt, household gross savings continue to recover and are approaching pre-pandemic levels.” The director also explained that the financial burden, which is the division between the fees that households must pay and the income they have, … Read more

Water arrives in Maisí, in eastern Cuba, after the protest of several families

Water arrives in Maisí, in eastern Cuba, after the protest of several families

Several tanker trucks arrived this Monday at the town of Adriano Galano Cautín, in Maisí (Guantánamo province), after several families protested last Saturday, blocking a road, due to water shortages. The solution, however, is only temporary, since “the only thing they did was fill the cisterns and sent for four more pipes,” says Yadiuska Domínguez, … Read more

Concerned Parents Demand Quality Education and Inclusion for Second-Year Students at Erreniega Public School

Concerned Parents Demand Quality Education and Inclusion for Second-Year Students at Erreniega Public School

The mothers and fathers of the second-year Primary School students at the Erreniega Public School in Zizur Mayor have warned that their fight will continue and that they will not allow that their sons and daughters “receive an education without guarantees, without being treated as they deserve and without being able to exercise their right … Read more

Families of Erreniega Public School Demand Third Line in 2nd Year of Primary

Families of Erreniega Public School Demand Third Line in 2nd Year of Primary

Families of the Erreniega public school (model D) of Zur Mayor have called for a rally tomorrow, Monday afternoon at 4:30 p.m., in which They request the Department of Education to grant a third line (group) in 2nd year of Primaryto. In actuality there are two classes of 25 and 26 students (the maximum ratio … Read more

The Complex Economic Scenario and Its Impact on Savings: Insight from the Bank of Spain’s Indicators

The Complex Economic Scenario and Its Impact on Savings: Insight from the Bank of Spain’s Indicators

He complex economic scenario is left feel already in the loans of the families and businesses and its impact could be affecting savings. At least, that’s what the indicators provided by the Bank of Spain. A March date of the current year -the information is quarterly and this is the latest data available-, the homes … Read more