Student loan forgiveness advocates rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., after the nation’s high court struck down President Joe Biden’s student debt relief program, June 30, 2023. Kent Nishimura | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Nearly a year before federal student loan payments restarted, the U.S. Department of Education warned … Read more
Tom Werner | Digitalvision | Getty Images As the calendar turns to a new year, you may be at risk for losing money if you have a flexible spending account. Many FSA owners have a Dec. 31 use-it-or-lose-it deadline to use the funds they have set aside for the year. The average forfeit of funds … Read more
Jgi/tom Grill | Tetra Images | Getty Images Does your year-end bonus look smaller than expected? Tax withholding is a likely culprit, but Uncle Sam may pay some back when you file an annual tax return, experts said. Bonuses are treated as taxable income, like wages in a typical paycheck. However, unlike wages, the IRS … Read more
Tomasz Szulczewski | Moment | Getty Images Women continue to make great strides in the workforce, achieving increasing levels of education, and advancing into senior leadership positions. However, the gender pay gap — the difference between the earnings of men and women — has barely budged in recent years. In the U.S., women who work full … Read more
At the beginning of 2023, it felt like everybody was talking about eggs. The baking essential and protein-packed breakfast item saw prices skyrocket up to 70% from the previous year, with the average cost of a dozen eggs peaking at $4.82 in January, according to Federal Reserve data. Prices for eggs and other food items … Read more
The price of bitcoin has surged in 2023 as investors await approval for the first U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund, which would be a milestone for cryptocurrency investors, experts say. In early December, the digital currency topped $44,000 for the first time since April 2022, and year-to-date gains were above 160%, as of Dec. 21, … Read more
Grocery items are offered for sale at a supermarket on August 09, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Heading into 2023, the predictions were nearly unanimous: a recession was coming. As the year comes to a close, the forecasted economic downturn did not arrive. So what’s in store for 2024? An economic … Read more
Blackcat | E+ | Getty Images Many student loan borrowers are struggling to resume their payments. When the bills restarted after a more than three-year-long reprieve, just 60% of people with federal education loans had made a payment by mid-November, U.S. Department of Education data shows. “The fact that so few borrowers have been able … Read more
Interest rates on some Australian savings accounts could soon surpass six per cent, but one financial expert has issued a warning to savers weighing up a tempting switch. A dozen banks are currently offering customers savings rates above 5 per cent and there are forecasts savings rates could hit 6 per cent in the coming … Read more
Australian mortgage holders can breathe a sigh of relief following the Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to pause cash rate hikes. The RBA met on Tuesday and decided not to hike the cash rate for only the second time since last May. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Economists make their rates predictions as threat of recession … Read more
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