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Finance Calculators
Cash flow
With regard to your cash flow, you might decide to try and calculate the impact that inflation has on your standard of living. You can also see if you are living within your means. Calculators can also help to determine how much you should put aside for emergencies and aid you in figuring out your net worth and cash flow.
Credit
Payment calculators are available to help you figure out how long it will take to pay off debt and what size your loan payments should be. Calculators can also help with credit card payments, auto loans and determining the benefits of debt consolidation of existing debts.
Loan calculators will help you to figure out whether or not to take a loan or if you can afford it.
Home and Mortgage When it comes to finding a home, there are many important questions to consider. Most important, is what kind of home are you able to afford, and should you rent or buy a home? In order to help answer these questions and others, mortgage calculators are available.
Taxation
There are many tax calculators available to help you determine things such as your Federal Income Tax, estate tax liability, self employment tax, tax implications and tax-free growth.
Other areas where you may choose to use a financial calculator are: insurance, paychecks and benefits, retirement plans, savings, investments and college funds.
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Dollar firm as eurozone inflation tumbles
NEW YORK (AFP) - The dollar held firm Tuesday as the euro took a beating after news of tumbling eurozone inflation raised expectations that the European Central Bank will slash interest rates next week.
FTSE shares rise
LONDON (AFP) - Shares in London ended higher on Monday after global markets advanced in the new year despite more gloomy economic news.
Republicans cry foul over Obama's 'big government' plan
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President-elect Barack Obama's plan to haul the US economy out of recession entails a hefty expansion of the federal government -- a prospect that has conservative critics aghast.
China to issue 3G licences: government
SHANGHAI (AFP) - China will issue long-awaited third-generation mobile phone licences on Wednesday, a government official said, a move that will see tens of billions of dollars invested in new networks.
Recession pushes more Japanese onto street
TOKYO (AFP) - Fumio Hayashi may never have studied economics, but he knows a thing or two about recession.
Venezuela shuts cheap oil pipeline for 200,000 US homes
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Some 200,000 US households will no longer get cheap heating oil from Venezuela after the state-owned CITGO subsidiary announced it was dropping the program due to falling oil prices, the organization in charge of distributing the oil said Tuesday.