--- title: 'More Money Friday Roundup: Part-Time Workers & Waiting on Estate Planning' description: 'Personal finance from around the Web: The official unemployment rate fell in January to 9.7%, but a new study finds 6.4% of workers have taken…' authors: - name: timestaff url: https://money.com/author/timestaff/ articles: 459 covers: - Personal Finance - Banking - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes former_staff: true published: '2010-02-06T03:15:58.000Z' modified: '2020-07-07T10:20:09.000Z' section: Personal Finance tags: - bear market - estate plans - estate tax - Federal Reserve - mortgage rates - part-time jobs - personal assistant - Personal Finance - Unemployment rate word_count: 227 canonical: https://money.com/more-money-friday-roundup-part-time-workers-waiting-on-estate-planning/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![More Money Friday Roundup: Part-Time Workers & Waiting on Estate Planning](https://money.com/content.money.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/140601_money_gen_13.jpg?crop=0px%2C733px%2C4780px%2C2689px&resize=1012%2C569&quality=85&strip&ssl=1) Personal finance from around the Web: - The official unemployment rate fell in January to 9.7%, but a new study finds [6.4% of workers have taken part-time jobs](http://bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1230768&srvc=business&position=3) because they can't find full-time employment. Unemployment is so bad in many places that insolvent state unemployment insurance trust funds have [borrowed more in this recession](http://www.propublica.org/feature/unemployment-insurance-borrowing-greater-than-during-1980s-recession-0205) than they did during 1981 and 1982. \[Boston Herald, ProPublica\] - The Federal Reserve policy of buying up mortgage-backed securities is widely believed to have kept mortgage rates close to record lows, but it's slated to end March 31. Now the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York says the [Fed may reopen the program](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/04/AR2010020404363.html?hpid=topnews) if interest rates spike or if the economy shows new weaknesses. \[Washington Post\] - The estate tax expired January 1, but [wealthy Americans are waiting before revising their estate plans](http://www.investmentnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100205/FREE/100209882), a new study finds. Many believe that Congress will reinstate the tax retroactively. \[Investment News\] - The past decade has brought two painful bear markets. Here are the [lessons you can learn](http://moneywatch.bnet.com/investing/blog/wise-investing/lessons-from-the-lost-decade-surviving-bear-markets/1205/?tag=col1;blog-river) from them, especially since [bearish sentiment](http://pragcap.com/bearish-sentiment-spikes-to-a-3-month-high) is at its highest level in three months. \[Wise Investing, The Pragmatic Capitalist\] - Need help getting a dinner reservation or a car to the airport, but can't afford a personal assistant? 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