Quick Look at the Economy this Week: Home Sales at 13-Year Lows

After listening to the candidates talk about the economy with some pretty general points let's look at where we are at right now this week with some of the leading economic issues. Maybe you can look a head and get your luxury watches because you know what to expect.

Consumers are growing more pessimistic about the economy amid continued declines in the labor and housing markets. Here's a look at this week's economic developments and how they may affect your business. More on this

Sales of new homes declined by 1.8 percent in February to 13-year low annual rate of 590,000 units, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

By the end of the month, there were 471,000 new homes left unsold on the market, enough for a 9.8 month supply at the current sales pace. Despite the declines, median sales prices rose by $18,500 last month to $244,100.

New home sales have now fallen by nearly 30 percent over the past 12 months.

Candidates Views on Economic Crises Compared

All 3 of the presidential candidates addressed some of the economic issues we face in the country this week.The bulk of the areas discussed cover the financial and housing markets and the crisis that we face at the present time. Something that has many Americans sweating and in need of acne wash.

Listen to NPR analysis by Adam DAvidson here as well as see the full sepeeches by the candidates.

Recession-proof tips

The falling dollar has probably caused a lot of business owners to actually fall over fainting while watching the value of their proftits come in weak. Falling injuries are making walk in tubs all the rage as small business owners everywhere are gimping around after lowing the blood to their brains in this economy.

What can you do to help combat the looming Recession?

The "R" word strikes fear in the hearts of everyone, but it's particularly cruel for entrepreneurs who are already working against the odds--narrow margins, big-business competition and no more than 24 hours in a day.

Take a look at small business recession tips to help keep the blood pressure level and the fainting to a minimum.

Easy Business Card Creation and Logo Design

Got to take a look at a free business card creation tour today and had a pretty good time making one. If you want to try creating one check out this site and get ready for your logo design session.

The process is pretty simple. For a test and see way just go to that main page and take the tour. It will bring up a set of images you can choose from, then it asks you to put your business name and such on there. Then if you are more artsy than myself you can modify the look with the image tools they have. I got real fancy and cahnged the color of one of my words as you can see. Man, I'm talented. You can do much more than that. Then after that you can save your logo, and pick from dozens of business card layouts. You buy your logo and such and you are offered 100 free business cards at the end as well.