'Educate yourself about the economy'

Kim Estrada works two jobs, has two children at home and one in college and makes time to monitor mortgage interest rates, keep tabs on the consumer price index and take note of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's utterances. "I think the best way to take out the stresses is to educate yourself about the economy," the 45-year-old Saugus resident says.

March 9, 2008