Money and comfort may not be words you readily associate with one another—or perhaps you only do through wishful thinking. Here’s how working with a financial coach can help you bridge the gap between the two.
In the years since the Great Recession, America has seen numerous financial benchmarks return to positive levels: housing prices have largely recovered, unemployment has dropped to half its peak, new automobile sales have been pushed to record highs and most of world stock markets have significantly surpassed their pre-crisis values.
Ever since the U.S. Federal Reserve (“the Fed”) ended its latest quantitative easing program in late 2014, people from all over the world have debated when it should try to increase interest rates.
According to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Americans drove more than 3 trillion miles last year. At an average speed of 40mph, that’s roughly 23,000 years of human life spent each day doing little more than sitting and focusing on pavement.