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 More Baby Boomers Are Facing Homelessness
The surge in elderly homelessness is being significantly impacted by the Baby Boomers, amplifying a public-policy crisis and burdening taxpayers. Increasingly, aging individuals face homelessness...
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...
Homelessness in America is Now at a Record Rate
The U.S. has witnessed a significant surge in homelessness, with preliminary data indicating an 11% rise from 2022, marking the largest increase since 2007, according...
A Housing Bust Comes for Thousands of Small-Time Investors: WSJ
They were offered the benefits of owning apartment-building rentals without any of the work, in real-estate investments that have already left some people empty-handed. Source...
They Can’t Even: A Generation Avoids Facing Its Finances: WSJ
Some tune out bank and credit-card balances, lose track of their spending and rack up debt. Average credit-card debt rose 29% to $5,800 in March...
Opinion: Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren’s bold tax hike to shore up Social Security
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders want to shore up Social Security by raising the top rate of income tax by a third, and the top...
Stressed-Out Americans Plan to Buy Fewer Christmas Gifts, Donate Less to Charity
Inflation is souring the holiday season, a crucial time when companies, charities and nonprofits typically collect their biggest haul of the year. “I can’t give...
Opinion: You can’t rely on Social Security to fund your retirement — it’s time to rethink your retirement savings strategy
Following a period of record inflation, Social Security’s latest cost of living adjustment (COLA) means retirees will see the biggest bump to their benefits checks...
Here’s why you should be worried about state and local pensions
Right now, across America, about 26 million people are relying on state and local pension plans to take care of them in their retirement years....