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....
First-time homebuyers are being shut out of the market like never before
If you bought your first home during the past year, consider yourself one of the fortunate few. Skyrocketing home prices and climbing interest rates pushed...
‘Living paycheck-to-paycheck has become the norm’: Inflation takes its toll on American finances as emergency funds run dry
Inflation is taking its toll on people’s emergency funds. The share of workers who say they are living paycheck-to-paycheck has surged among middle- to high-income...
U.S. Incomes Fail to Grow for Second Year in a Row, Census Figures Show
Americans as a whole have experienced two years in a row of flat or declining household income, new government data showed Tuesday, reflecting the pandemic’s...
Biden Student Debt Plan Would Send More to Richer Families, JPMorgan Data Shows
President Biden’s plan to forgive student loans would send more money to wealthier families than to poorer ones, but lower-income and minority households would be...
Rising Food Prices Could Become a Business Risk, Analysts Say
Rising global food prices and shortages of grain and fertilizer stemming from the war in Ukraine could create further economic turmoil, risk analysts said. In...
Social Security Benefits Are Heading for the Biggest Increase in 40 Years
Social Security recipients are on track to receive the highest cost-of-living increase in more than four decades next year. Social Security checks get an inflation...
‘Savings are gonna run out’: Already battered by high inflation, Fed’s rate hike will hit lower-income and rural Americans hard
The Federal Reserve hiked its benchmark rate by 0.75 percentage points on Wednesday in an effort to temper the rising costs of consumer goods and...