JobLoss

Far too many Americans haven't got enough liquid assets set aside to get them through a temporary job loss or other fiscal crisis. If you're among them, we'd like to hear from you: How has an underfunded emergency savings cushion affected you and your family.

Having a plan in case of a major life crisis is important and, according to State Farm's Financial Plan B survey, 81% of us know it. But only 45% of those surveyed said they've actually planned ahead for that crisis. If you have a plan, it may not be a solid as you think. And if you don't, here's how to begin creating one.

In these uncertain times potential homebuyers continue to sit on the sidelines because they are concerned that a job loss could kill their dreams to own a home. Innovative job loss mortgage insurance is being offered through mortgage lenders, real estate agents, new-home builders and state and...

Women are having a tougher time with the financial crisis and are more likely to struggle to stay on top of their finances, according to a new report. Twice as many women (68%) as men (32%) sought help with their finances between January 1 and April 30, says Financial Finesse, a financial education...

If you lose your job -- and, by extension, your health insurance -- you're in for the third leg of a triple whammy: getting sick. Getting fired, or laid off after your department (or entire company) shuts down, can be as hazardous to your health as to your ego. The latest issue of Demography...

Do you feel as if you're worth less than you were just one year ago? Speaking in a monetary sense, nearly all of us Americans are. Net worth, the result of that calculation which subtracts liabilities from assets to reveal true equity value, has taken a nose dive for most Americans. For some of us,...

Like the rest of Americans living in a time of great economic uncertainty, Timothy Bies is worried about his future. But Bies is at an even greater disadvantage than the rest of the country. Newly married and 20 years old, Bies is a combat arms soldier, training to deploy to Afghanistan. The job...

As a young man, I worked in a factory which had 2,000 employees at the time I was hired, and less than 500 by the time I left. I was there through the recession of the early 1980s, and watched as my co-workers were laid off by the hundreds. Each round of downsizing left those of us who had dodged...

In Los Angeles, Calif., a man kills the six members of his family because he and his wife lost their jobs at Kaiser Permanente's West Los Angeles Medical Center. In Columbus, Ohio, a man who had just lost his job was found in an apparent murder-suicide with his wife and their two children, ages...

Fellow WalletPop blogger Lita Epstein's new book Surviving a Layoff could not be better timed, as our national unemployment rate climbs and our personal wealth evaporates. For a comprehensive and practical blueprint to guide the newly unemployed, this book can't be beat. I speak from experience,...