Nearly half of Americans fall deeper in debt as inflation boosts costs
Higher prices have taken a toll. In an economy that has produced the highest inflation rate since 1981, Americans are struggling to keep up with expenses and...
The Upper Middle Class Is Getting Squeezed
By Dion Rabouin | Photographs by Dina Litovsky for The Wall Street Journal July 25, 2022 5:30 am ET Mark Yu had a profitable pandemic....
Your Social Security check could jump $175 next year. Is that enough?
Prostock-studio | Istock | Getty Images How much money Social Security recipients could get Monthly benefits for retirees could rise 10.5% in 2023, according to...
70% of Americans think a recession is coming. How to prepare
David Espejo | Getty Images Experts are weighing the odds as to how likely a recession is and how fast it could come upon us....
Pension Funds Plunge Into Riskier Bets—Just as Markets Are Struggling
U.S. public pension funds don’t have nearly enough money to pay for all their obligations to future retirees. A growing number are adopting a risky...
100 million adults have health-care debt, and 12% owe $10,000 or more
Brothers91 | E+ | Getty Images For many adults, health-care debt is part of their balance sheet — it just may show up differently than...
King Gold Has Not Lost Its Head or Its Common Touch
Sometimes when I look at price charts, I’m reminded of poetry. Such was the case Friday as the August gold daily chart brought Rudyard Kipliing’s...
What stagflation is, and how to prepare for it
Runaway inflation has raised fears that the economy is headed towards a return of stagflation but a host of Wall Street banks such as Goldman...
36% of high earners are living paycheck to paycheck
South_agency | E+ | Getty Images More than a third of high-earning American workers feel strapped for cash — a share that has risen dramatically...
Social Security cost-of-living adjustment in 2023 may be a record high
Westend61 / Josep Rovirosa | Getty Images Social Security beneficiaries saw the biggest cost-of-living adjustment in about 40 years in 2022, when they received a...