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She has added a second major in sociology while holding down a part-time job helping students with food, housing and finances, plus other gigs around the campus.

That has helped hold down prices even as demand rose.

Money-management and communication problems are two of the easiest rabbit holes to fall into as a married couple, especially two people who are under a lot of stress raising kids and holding down jobs.

Now, he and his wife, also an audiology graduate student, each hold down multiple part-time jobs to pay their tuition, rent and other costs.

The Fed’s large holdings influence the market by arguably holding down some Treasury yields.