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Cost of living: two interactives and two simulators to help you manage your finances

The news outlet has released online tools for readers to calculate the impact of food and interest-rate inflation on their personal budget, as well as a simulator to determine the net value of their November salary following IRS tax relief adjustments.

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If you are managing a household budget in Portugal, these tools provide a practical way to calculate how inflation affects your purchasing power and to check how the latest IRS adjustments impact your take-home pay at the end of November.

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