Weekend Writing Idea – January 25, 2008

Okay. We've all heard about it. It's the dirty little word that the Fed has tried to shove under the rug: Recession. I'm a freelancer, so I don't have any stocks, but I am wondering how this inevitable economic slowdown will affect me (though some report that economic recession began back in December). But I'm sure I'm not the only one who's wondering. So here's your weekend writing idea - write about the U.S. economic recession. This subject is just rife with subtopics:

How will it affect the average American?
How will it affect investors?
What long-term effects may it have on individuals or businesses?
How can this recession be compared to those in the past?
Why does the Fed reduce interest rates? (And what interest rates? What happens when they do this?)
How does anyone know when an economy goes into recession?
How can a person protect him- or herself against recession?
How can you save for university in a recession?
What relation does recession have to inflation?
What do you do with your stocks during a recession?
What do you do with your socks during a recession? (Hah - just seeing if you're reading.)
What do experts have to say about recession in general?

Even if the answers seem obvious, to some readers, they aren't. Customers interested in investment/finance/budgeting articles will surely be interested in articles about recession because this is the current buzzword ("real estate bubble" was a recent one that finally seems to have buzzed itself right out) . Recession is also something that people are generally worried about and don't fully understand. Putting information about economic recession into layman's terms seems the right course of action if you're having trouble thinking of articles to write on spec.

Have a warm weekend, for those of you in frosty regions of the world. For those of you who aren't, can you absorb some sunlight for the rest of us?

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