That means that the cost of a stamp to mail a standard letter will decrease from 49 cents to 47 cents this Sunday. The price of sending a postcard will also drop by a penny, to 34 cents, while international mail will go down by a nickel, to $1.15 per letter instead of the current $1.20.
Most states offer 26 weeks of unemployment insurance compensation. However, at the time of publication, unemployed individuals can qualify for a maximum of 73 weeks of benefits with Emergency Unemployment Compensation from the federal government, depending on the unemployment rate in the state of residence.
The average person files a homeowners insurance claim only once every eight to ten years, says Jeanne Salvatore, of the Insurance Information Institute. You could take the money you save in premiums and add it to your emergency fund each year so that youâre prepared when you do have a claim, recommends Ross.