It's very soothing and kind of introspective, and it's good for a rainy day.
Most people I talked to save 25 to 50 percent of their monthly income for a rainy day.
Paulson said the remaining TARP funds would be reserved for a rainy day.
This, in turn, pushes up the amount of capital the firms have to set aside for a rainy day.
Instead of paying high interest rates, people are now able to start saving some money for a rainy day.
Most people I talked to save 25-50 percent of their incomes for a rainy day, as I wrote here.
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Our non-fund activities have been profitable since summer 2011, and we now have a little money left over for a rainy day.
Unlike Russia, which had prepared for a rainy day, Mr Ahmadinejad has been investing Iran's oil money in a different future: his own.
Secondly, if unemployment insurance were abolished altogether, this would profoundly impact the willingness of the average American to save for a rainy day.
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Prudence is not always a virtue: the instinct to save for a rainy day seems only to harden when the rains set in.
If you don't have a bank account, put it away for a rainy day and don't do what the president's telling you to do.
And the big question that remains unanswered is the whereabouts of all the money the government claimed to have saved for a rainy day.
All that advice about backing up your files and saving for a rainy day and building a strong network is worth the effort to implement.
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That makes your property more competitive and provides for a rainy day in itself, and you want to be in the habit of doing that.
Unlike the federal government, America's states do not have the luxury of running up deficits, so they typically set aside money for a rainy day.
Safety-nets have similarly rendered saving for a rainy day less urgent.
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Firms and households fear they will not be able to borrow to tide themselves over bad times, therefore they choose to save for a rainy day instead.
The fact that salaries do not meet your monthly expenses, let alone set aside any savings for a rainy day, can really get those creative juices flowing.
Instead of getting used to spending that additional income, use it to pay down high-interest debt, save for a rainy day, or contribute more to your retirement account.
For overspenders, revisiting the virtue of frugality can help them get back to economic fundamentals, such as not spending beyond their means and saving for a rainy day.
Of course, I put aside some cash for a rainy day, but I also use some of the extra money to launch new marketing efforts or property upgrades.
Tax refunds are hardly ever tucked away for a rainy day: they are generally used to pay off debt (often from holiday spending) or to make large purchases.
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Employers can easily help their employees save for a rainy day, leveraging the payroll system and direct deposit to automatically send a small percentage of their paychecks to a savings account.
Instead, Apple banks the cash for a rainy day.
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Demand is the easy part, after which the true goal of economic policy should be to stimulate saving so that entrepreneurs have access to capital and individuals have funds for a rainy day.
So we are alive and well in Zimbabwe, getting ready for the change that HAS to come, for the sake of those who don't have foreign currency stowed away for a rainy day.
Deborah Schuler, vice president of the Banking Group of Moody's Asia Pacific, says banks all across Asia were guilty of plowing money back into loans rather than saving their capital for a rainy day.
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