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The Clark Howard Podcast

9.26.19 Apple & Google get into gaming; New tax form for seniors; Negative interest rates

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

4.65.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

A gaming war is underway between Apple and Google. Both are offering subscriptions. For a monthly fee you get a number of games with no in-game purchases or ads. Apple Arcade is $5 a month, Google PlayPass is $1.99 a month for the first year, and then to $5 reportedly. Check out both.   There's a new tax form that makes it easier for senior citizens to file their taxes. Clark’s been talking about interest rates dropping The best rates now are around 2.4% - .5 lower than a couple of months ago. In parts of Europe, savers PAY to save – with negative interest rates. Trump recently suggested the Fed should cut rates to negative levels. But this can lead to extreme economic problems. When the economy slows the demand for borrowing slows. Savings institutions don’t want deposits and cut rates as a deterrent. If they have fewer borrowers, they don’t need the deposits and cut rates on savings. Things would have to get much worse for this to kick in here. It likely won’t come to negative interest rates. But since rates are headed lower, if you have savings you don’t need, lock in the rate in a one year CD. Traditional banks already pay nearly nothing. Don’t save there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

One thing we can all agree on, no one wants another energy crisis.

0:07.1

But just talking about it won't make it go away.

0:09.7

Here's what we're actually doing at British Gas.

0:12.2

We're increasing the UK's gas storage so that we can help make energy prices more predictable

0:16.9

for everyone.

0:18.3

And so the 8 million homes and businesses who rely on us for their energy today can

0:22.9

rely on us tomorrow too.

0:25.4

That's enough talking.

0:26.4

Let's get on with the doing.

0:28.2

British Gas.

0:30.4

Thanks for taking time out of your day to join us here on the Clark Howard Show where

0:40.5

it's all about you learning ways to save more and spend less.

0:45.0

And don't let you whenever rip you off.

0:47.7

It's me, a rip offs coming up in a few minutes in today's Clark Radius moment.

0:53.0

Facebook is up to doing bad stuff again.

0:56.8

I'm going to fill you in.

0:58.4

Why can't they get it right there?

1:00.9

And coming up yet later, I want to talk about something that people are starting to

1:07.2

ask me about.

1:08.9

They're afraid of something that's been in the news called negative interest rates where

1:13.9

you have to pay the bank or credit union to have money of yours in a savings account.

1:21.0

Instead of them paying you, you pay them.

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