{"id":5190,"date":"2008-05-05T22:41:09","date_gmt":"2008-05-05T21:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/widgets-to-prepare-for-the-recession\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:31:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:31:35","slug":"widgets-to-prepare-for-the-recession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/widgets-to-prepare-for-the-recession\/","title":{"rendered":"Widgets to prepare for the recession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2008\/04\/e-ticker.jpg\" alt=\"stock market ticker\" align=\"right\" \/>The world is going through a tough economic period: rising inflation, high unemployment, crises in the housing and banking sectors, oil prices running high&#8230;.things are looking pretty bleak this year and aren&#8217;t expected to get any better for some time. While the US economy isn&#8217;t officially in a recession, at least not yet, it is expected to stagnate this year. What is it you can do to prepare for an eventual recession? The best I can do is suggest a few widgets to help you monitor your stock and news on your Mac. At least you won&#8217;t be surprised if a real crisis hits.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/maba.wordpress.com\/widgets\/\">iStocks Widget<\/a> &#8211; View stock on all world markets. Includes a graph view expendable from a day to 2 years.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/judstephenson.com\/\">Google Adsense Widget<\/a> &#8211; Money not coming in from your other sources of income? Check how much you&#8217;re still making online daily on your Google Adsense account.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/widgets.palple.net\/currencyconverter\/index.html\">Currency Converter<\/a> &#8211; Worried about fluctuating currency rates? Use this widget to compare the best rates and avoid losing out when converting money.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.interdimensionmedia.com\/widgets\/index.html\">Gas<\/a> &#8211; Oil prices have gone up drastically in recent years. With this widget you can find the cheapest gas station near you.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.widgetinfo.net\/iActu-USA\/index.php?lang=en\">iActu USA<\/a> &#8211; Keep an eye on the news at all times so you can be informed in case a disaster strikes.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simplyodds.com\/wagerwidget\/dashboard.html\">WagerWidget<\/a> &#8211; Your last chance of saving yourself my just go by betting the last of your savings over your favorite sports team.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.widgetizer.com\/aircompare.html\">AirCompare<\/a> &#8211; Can&#8217;t stand the pessimism? Find yourself a cheap flight and runaway to an exotic location until the economy gets better.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And if you have a portable device check out our post on <a href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/pocket-apps-to-monitor-your-stock\/\">pocket apps to monitor your stock<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world is going through a tough economic period: rising inflation, high unemployment, crises in the housing and banking sectors, oil prices running high&#8230;.things are looking pretty bleak this year and aren&#8217;t expected to get any better for some time. While the US economy isn&#8217;t officially in a recession, at least not yet, it is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/widgets-to-prepare-for-the-recession\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Widgets to prepare for the recession&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2004,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-5190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2004"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5190"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":336151,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5190\/revisions\/336151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5190"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=5190"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=5190"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=5190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}