With prices rising, even small savings will add up and help your bottom line.
It’s no secret that prices are rising dramatically in the United States. Almost everyone is feeling the pinch of skyrocketing costs, and looking for ways to reduce the impacts of inflation.
As the Guardian reported recently, the annual inflation rate is at a 40-year high. Prices are rising by an average monthly rate of 1.2% and the CPI’s “food index” showed an increase of 9.4% in food prices over the last year.
If you’re trying to make your paycheck go a little farther, here are some ways you can save money and reduce your monthly costs.
- Pretend you’re leaving your cable or internet providers. It’s a little-known secret that for most internet and cable companies, if you call them and say you are thinking of going with another company, they will give you a promotional rate to stay with them. I recently cut $20 a month off my internet bill by doing just that.
- Plant a garden. You don’t have to have a big yard or a green thumb to grow some of your own food. You can grow vegetables in a pot or a small patch of land in your yard. The easiest way to get going is to visit your local garden store and get “starts”, baby plants that can blossom into your next salad with a little TLC.
