True inflation may have peaked in late 2022 — at 18% — and still hovers around 8%
“Consumer borrowing costs in the U.S. have skyrocketed, but the CPI doesn’t count this. ” There are widely divergent perspectives between Wall Street, where exuberance...
Why now is a crucial time to pay off your credit card debt
NEW YORK (AP) — For Americans who lacked savings prior to the pandemic, financial stress is rising. A combination of inflation, increased interest rates, and...
Credit card debt: Renters and poor people are falling behind
NEW YORK (AP) — While the U.S. economy is broadly healthy, pockets of Americans have run through their savings and run up their credit card...
US homelessness hits its highest reported level
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States experienced a dramatic 12% increase in homelessness to its highest reported level as soaring rents and a decline in...
Social Security benefits will increase by 3.2% in 2024 as inflation moderates
WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Social Security recipients will get a 3.2% increase in their benefits in 2024, far less than this year’s historic boost...
Is there a subprime credit-card crisis on the horizon?
Subprime consumers are falling behind on their credit-card bills. From Generation Z and millennials to Generation X and baby boomers, credit-card delinquency rates have been...
UBS urges investors to seek refuge in US Treasury, gold on heightened recession concern in second half
Investors should add haven assets like bonds and gold to their portfolios as the US is likely to slide into a recession, prompting the Federal...
Fed Will Pay High Price to Bring Down Inflation. Investors Should Take Note.
AFP via Getty Images Text size Central bankers from around the world are gathering in Sintra, Portugal this week to discuss the state of the...
58% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, CNBC survey reveals
Between higher costs and a possible recession on the horizon, families feel increasingly strained financially. More than half, or 58%, of all Americans are...
Steepest Home-Price Declines in Fourth Quarter Were in the West: WSJ
U.S. home prices rose in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, but once-booming West Coast markets were among a growing number of metro areas...