Taylor Swift performs on stage during The Eras Tour on June 28, 2024 in Dublin, Ireland. Charles Mcquillan/tas24 | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Taylor Swift’s European tour was top of mind for Nikita Rao when planning where to go for her family’s annual summer vacation. Rao, her husband and two kids, who live … Read more
A sign advertising a home for sale is displayed outside of a Manhattan building in New York City on April 11, 2024. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Manhattan is becoming a buyer’s market as apartment prices fell and inventory rose in the second quarter of 2024, according to new reports. The average real estate sales … Read more
Woman counting a pile of coins. Baona | E+ | Getty Images Young people probably sense the same thing that everyone else does: the economy just isn’t doing that well. Christopher Beddor Gavekal Dragonomics ‘No choice’ but to spend less? So why are Chinese youngsters getting increasingly circumspect with their spending? “Young people probably sense … Read more
Klaus Vedfelt | Digitalvision | Getty Images Although the unemployment rate has spent 30 months at or below below 4% — a near record — not everyone who wants a job has one. And not everyone even wants a job at all. Some, referred to as “NEETs,” which stands for “not in employment, education, or training,” are … Read more
Recep-bg | E+ | Getty Images The U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS on Friday released final tax reporting rules for digital asset brokers — and crypto investors have limited time to prepare, experts say. Mandatory yearly reporting will phase in starting in 2026, with digital currency brokers required to cover gross proceeds from … Read more
US President Joe Biden gestures after speaking about student loan debt relief at Madison Area Technical College in Madison, Wisconsin, April 8, 2024. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images A federal appeals court will allow a key part of President Joe Biden’s student loan relief plan to resume as the legal challenges against it … Read more
Official statistics suggest a new home must be built in Australia every few minutes to keep up with migration as new housing data paints a grim picture for people trying to get on the property ladder. Australia’s population grew by 2.5 per cent to 26.97 million people in 2023, with net overseas migration accounting for … Read more
Two young adult couples enjoying a day at the races. Two couples enjoying a drink at the races. Solstock | E+ | Getty Images Millennials are poised to be the wealthiest generation in history, but are they ready to handle the large inflow of money? A vast $90 trillion wealth transfer over the next 20 … Read more
At 32, after 12 years of living rent-free with my parents in the San Francisco Bay area, I was ready to move into my own place. I had saved $400,000 and had the flexibility to make the leap, but whether it was uncertain streams of income, wanderlust and mostly, the financial benefits of staying put, … Read more
On every group trip I’ve ever been taken there has been at least one awkward meal. Usually it’s the breakfast after a night of arguments where someone dramatically declares they will be leaving early. Sometimes the relationships revert to their original forms once the vacation ends. Oftentimes, though, resentment lingers. Travel reporter Victoria M. Walker … Read more
