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“Our customers are running out of money, buying smaller pack sizes and less discretionary items near the end of the month,” Duke said.

“It shows greater pressure on consumers. Rising fuel price has been one of the factors that affect consumer spending.

The end of paycheck cycle is pronounced among our core customers.

The recession is over, but its legacy of falling wages is likely to stick with us

The Department of Labor's latest annual survey provides a detailed look into how the average U.S. consumer unit spent their paycheck in 2009.

Debra Rousey doesn't want to get an unemployment check every week. She'd much rather get a paycheck, as she used to back in November, before she lost her job as an assistant bank manager.

But now that her unemployment benefits have ended, and Congress is deadlocked about extending them, she needs the money just to keep the lights on and a roof over

Katy is a poster child for the benefits of direct deposit, as well as deposit receipt-keeping.

High stress and a meager paycheck are just another day at the office for fundraisers, therapists and probation officers.

Here are 15 of the most overworked and underpaid professions out there according to those surveyed by PayScale.com.

I didn't expect it to happen. I knew the company was in trouble, they hadn't paid us a full paycheck for 6 weeks.

However the word was that there were investors in line and we would be saved. That was a lie.

Wannabe comics who are out of a job are hoping amateur hour at comedy clubs could be the ticket to a paycheck — and maybe stardom.

Because, really, how hard could that be?

Paycheck replacement coverage — a product that seems perfect for this economic moment — is scarce, if it exists at all.

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