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FOR SUBSCRIBERSHow a 5% yield on 10-year Treasury bonds affects everyone
Most Americans don’t own government bonds, but their rates exert massive influence on the entire economy — and ultimately household finances.
Fuel prices at record Labor Day high in U.S. due to Iran war and refinery issues
Prices shot up after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran in February and have not settled down since. Crude oil traffic through the key Strait of Hormuz has plunged, and Iran has refused to reopen the waterway.
The poorest in the U.S. can’t find housing even as low-income units sit empty
“I just keep trying to swim uphill,” says Mathew Davis, 49, of the few hundred dollars he earns a month.
FOR SUBSCRIBERSHow an insurance giant allegedly saved more than a billion dollars as storms destroyed homes
The documents, released last week, are at the heart of a yearslong legal battle embroiling State Farm and nearly 1,000 homeowners.
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FOR SUBSCRIBERSThe funeral industry is killing Americans’ bank accounts
Credit cards, rented caskets, Amazon urns: Here’s how Americans are coping with the rising cost of dying.
FOR SUBSCRIBERSTrump and private equity are circling America’s nest eggs
Trump says retirement savers should have access to private equity. But, after one investment lost 92% of its value, some are warning of the risks involved.
FOR SUBSCRIBERSIs everything a splurge now? The new math of spending big
Years of rising prices have changed the equation on how much to spend on sports tickets, dining and entertainment.
FOR SUBSCRIBERSWhy the U.S. labor force is hemorrhaging workers
A drop in the July unemployment rate masks a rapidly shrinking workforce that has lost more than 2.1 million people since November.
FOR SUBSCRIBERSIs homeownership still the best way to build wealth?
Rising inflation and a bull market on Wall Street are challenging the long-held belief that owning a home is the surest path to building wealth.
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FOR SUBSCRIBERSHow Americans are adapting to unaffordable summer vacations
Many Americans are cutting back on travel amid a spike in fuel prices, opting for trips closer to home and fewer meals out.
FOR SUBSCRIBERSWhy automating your finances could be costing you more money
Automating discretionary spending makes things easy — too easy. So much so that you don’t even realize how much it’s all adding up.
