What is your financial situation during the current economic crisis?

i lost my job in january. in spite of looking, i have had nothing come around. i am either over-qualified or there are no positions open. my husband and i are living on his wages and my unemployment. we have reduced our spending a great deal by not going out so much. we both love, love, love to dine out, so it is a sacrifice for us.

Hubby has had less work which means less pay and there are no jobs around here for me to get one. Therefore we do nothing extra and we are still getting behind on bills. Im going thru my books and stuff and am going to try to sell them online. I also have some other collections that Im going to try to sell. I keep working here online to make some extra too. I sure hope things look up soon.

We havn't been hit with economic crisis yet, but I'm sure it could happen at any time, you just never know. As of right now, things are ok. We know how to manage our money & have always limited dinning out. We live simple. As for people losing their jobs... its mainly the high paying jobs & I know whatever job it is, it will hurt, but you know people keep saying its hard to find a job, but BUrger KIng is always hiring... sometimes we have to do things we dislike to make it in this world. We have a good friend that lost a really good job do to cut backs with pay... he now has to work at a fast food place because all the good jobs are not hiring right now do to the econimics.

I have been doing good since last July and although winter. I am busy now. I am a sole owner. I do contracting. Painting, carpentry, electrical, landscaping and plumbing.

it's don't really affect me much , maybe a little bit , no more overtimes for my husband and his basic salary is quite little, so i try to cut down all the unnecessary things , as for dinning outside, we still go often , because it is cheaper to dine outside then cook at home , of course we don't eat at restaurant , just food court or hawker center

I finding a new job in the beginning of this economic crisis and promote my salary. But now, i can't promote my career anymore, the crisis havn't recover. In the following days, i will meet many big things which will influence my whole life, it need so many money that i can't offered. I wish the world's economic become good soonly and people's life will suitable again.

Honestly, we are truly blessed because our country is not greatly affected, save for a few of our countrymen who lost their jobs here and abroad. Our family is okay financially because my two children already have their own incomes and my job is stable, being in a university of over a hundred years. But then again, we also go with the times; we don't waste our resources...we save part of our income, and is cutting on cost for dining out and even on unnecessary things. We also are cutting on our electric and water consumption because we can never be sure of the future. We've also cut down trips to the malls and groceries, and save whatever we can to prepare for any eventuality.

Due to this current economic crisis I have reduced my extra expenses. And due to this I am feeling very secured in this situation. I have seen many faces crying under this situation & my try is to retain my current fifnacial position stable just like the time before recesiion started. Finally I can say my current economica position is much better than the one who is spending extra bucks in this crucial time.

Hello! The present economic crisis has snatched away the smile of everybody's lips.The worst sufferers are the lower middle class people who actually live on their scanty income.I have cut down my expenditures drastically to meet both ends meet.I have cut down the fuel consumption and reduced 50% of the phone and electric bills.Other expenditures we can't cut.During the last six months I have not been able to save some money.Rather I have withdrawn some money from the savings bank accounts to pay off the bills.thanx.

we are struggling badly but we have cut back on so much and we do not even food shop regularly anymore. there is no money for recreational fun, we cancelled all our extended warranties on appliances and such because we just could not come up with the money. we conserve our gas for errands and work related trips and do not use our credit cards anymore and what cards we do we have we transferred balances to 0% interest cards and are trying to pay them off once and for all to loosen up some money so things are not so tight. things have to get better and soon.

My financial situation is not so good. I am not working and I can not seem to find a job. I am behind on my bills and it is about to stress me out. The only income coming in the house is my mom unemployment and that isn't very much. I am seriosly hoping that I find something soon.

I got made redundant form my full time job at the end of jan and now have to survive on part time wages which means I have tried to cut down as much as possible on how much money I spend. I have also cut down on going out with my friends and we tend to have nights in now, rather than go out on the town. There is some bills and payment I haven't been to able to keep with as well.

I'm am one of those people who is look for work. It kind of hard to find a job when you are over qualified for what's available out there. One of the attitudes I've come across is that some employers seem to think that they can get more for less. Meaning that they can hire a person that is over qualified for a position and pay them less than what that person is really worth.