With key tax cuts set to expire after 2025 and federal debt at record levels, many households are asking a hard question: Will tax rates be higher when we retire than…
While Congress debates expansions or cutbacks, American families are living month to month with rising child care, food, and…
25m ago
Many workers saw nominal pay increases over the past two years, but still feel behind on bills. Inflation is the obvious culprit,…
25m ago
Mortgage rates have more than doubled from pandemic lows, and tax rules on housing costs are in flux. For American homeowners and…
25m ago
A quiet but major change is already scheduled in the tax code — and it hits in 2026, not some distant future. Unless Congress…
26m ago
Recent years delivered a stark reminder: prices can jump fast—and stay high. Between 2021 and 2023, U.S. consumer prices climbed…
29m ago
Over the past four decades, American retirement has undergone a fundamental shift—one that most workers never explicitly voted…
29m ago
Many Americans have seen their paychecks grow on paper over the last few years—3% here, 4% there—but still feel squeezed. The…
44m ago
Economic indicators are flashing mixed signals. Growth has cooled, hiring has slowed, and some sectors—like tech and…
44m ago
In just a few years, the Federal Reserve moved from near‑zero interest rates to the highest levels in more than twenty years. The…
45m ago
Stock indexes have see‑sawed in wide daily ranges, bond yields have jumped, and rate‑sensitive sectors like housing and tech have…
40m ago
Financial headlines flip between "bull market" optimism and "bear market" warning with each major swing in stock prices. For…
41m ago
American households are living in a strange split‑screen economy: paychecks are still coming in, unemployment is relatively low,…
41m ago
Across the U.S., millions of households now rely on two full‑time incomes just to stay afloat. Yet even with combined earnings…
35m ago
Every major money decision—where you live, what car you drive, how fast you pay off debt—flows from a single source: your job and…
36m ago
Headline statistics say American workers are finally pulling ahead of inflation again. Average hourly earnings are up about 4.0%…
36m ago
Every time the Federal Reserve meets to decide on interest rates, headlines focus on Wall Street. But for households, the real…
32m ago
Headline inflation has cooled from its 2022 peak, but for many renters, the relief hasn’t shown up in their lease. Across the…
32m ago
For years, Americans heard a simple mantra: “Buying beats renting in the long run.” In a world of 3% mortgage rates and steadily…
33m ago
In today’s economy of higher interest rates and lingering inflation, American households face a tough question each month: Do I…
29m ago
For many Americans in their late 50s and 60s, the question is blunt: Can I actually afford to retire now? Surging prices, higher…
30m ago
Retirement planning for American households is being quietly rewritten by one number: interest rates. After more than a decade…
30m ago