Nearly Half Of Americans Now Describe Their Financial Situation As Bad, Poll Finds

Topline Nearly half of Americans are struggling with their finances, according to a new survey from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, up from about 37% of people in March, ...

Share of Americans invested in cryptocurrency grows by 125% despite crypto winter

The cryptocurrency market is in turmoil, with assets like Bitcoin (BTC) registering significant lows in recent months, a factor that can presumably sway the investment trend among Americans. However, ...

Ultra-Rich Young Americans Are Investing In Stocks Half As Much As Older People With Similar Wealth, Survey Finds

Topline Younger rich Americans are far more likely to shun traditional investments in favor of ones they view as more likely to bring higher returns than their older peers, according to a Bank of Amer...

Americans are souring on the housing market and California is now giving residents up to $1,050 of ‘inflation relief’ — here’s who is eligible

Hi, MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories. September jobs report highlights major shift in white-collar work — as Labor Department plans changes to jobs questionnaire ‘The old question was beco...

Americans are souring on the housing market. Home buyer sentiment hits lowest level since 2011 — and mortgage rates reach 7%.

There’s no respite for home buyers these days. From rising rates, high home prices, and an uncertain economic outlook, shoppers are finding it hard to jump into purchasing a home.  Fannie Mae noted th...

Three Reasons Biden’s Marijuana Policy Is Good For The Economy

Hundreds of pro-cannabis demonstrators march in New York City. Getty Images This week, President Biden announced plans to pardon thousands of people who have federal convictions for marijuana possessi...

High inflation has many Americans tweaking their holiday travel plans

D3sign | Moment | Getty Images Travelers are shifting their holiday getaway plans to avoid busting their budgets amid high inflation, according to a new Bankrate survey. Forty-three percent of U.S. ad...

New Study Sheds Light On How Americans Select Beer, Wine, Or Spirits As Preferred Alcohol Beverage

Six popular adult beverages on white. getty Did you know that most Americans continue to prefer their exact first alcoholic drink or some variation of it? This is even more true if it was a sweet tast...

Congress’ About-Face On Stock Trading Ban Hurts Americans’ Trust In Government

WASHINGTON – JUNE 5: The U.S. Capitol is shown June 5, 2003 in Washington, DC. Both houses of the … [+] U.S. Congress, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives meet in the Cap...

Americans financially ‘living on the edge’ are turning to pawn shop loans for quick cash

Paycheck to pawn shop: Americans financially ‘living on the edge’ are turning to pawn shop loans for quick cash Lisa Little’s pawn shop, Fieldstone Jewelry and Pawn in Conyers, Georgia has seen steady...

US Senator Introduces ‘No Digital Dollar Act’ to Prohibit Treasury and the Fed From Interfering With Americans Using Paper Currency – Regulation Bitcoin News

A U.S senator has introduced the “No Digital Dollar Act to prohibit the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve from interfering with Americans using paper currency” if a central bank digital currency i...

Americans Now Paying 15% More On Mortgage Payments Compared To Last Month As Rates Surge

Topline Americans are paying 15% more on mortgage payments now than six weeks ago, according to data released Thursday by real estate brokerage Redfin, as the market continues to bleaken for prospecti...

Senators Propose Letting Americans Buy $30,000 in I Bonds

Two U.S. senators have proposed to increase cap on annual purchases of popular Treasury series I savings bonds, or I bonds, to $30,000 per person from $15,000. Sens. Deb Fischer (R., Neb.) and Mark Wa...

Americans With Dual Citizenship Should Leave Russia ‘Immediately’ — Could Be Drafted, Embassy Warns

Topline The United States Embassy in Russia urged Americans in the country Tuesday to leave “immediately” and warned Americans against traveling to Russia in its most dire warning since the beginning ...

Almost Half Of All Online Daters Want To See Covid Vaccination Status On Profiles

Topline Nearly half of all Americans who have used dating apps in the last year say seeing someone’s Covid-19 vaccination status on their profile is important, with Democrats more likely than Republic...

Medicare premiums are decreasing in 2023 – this is how much older Americans will save if they’re on Part B

Medicare beneficiaries will see their Part B premiums go down for the first time in more than a decade, President Biden said during a White House event on Tuesday.  Monthly Part B premiums, which are ...

Stock market losses wipe out $9 trillion from Americans’ wealth

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, September 26, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Falling stock markets have wiped out more than $9 trillion in wealth from U....

Elon Musk tops Forbes list of 400 richest Americans

Elon Musk is now America’s richest person, according to Forbes. Musk, the 51-year-old Tesla TSLA, +2.51% executive who also wants to conquer the field of space exploration, was ranked No. 1 on the For...

1.6 million Americans are about to get an average $750 back from the IRS — could you be one of them?

1.6 million Americans are about to get an average $750 back from the IRS — could you be one of them? If you filed your 2019 or 2020 taxes late, then you’re likely eligible for a rebate on those late f...

Better Diet Quality Leads To Better Health And Wellbeing For Americans

September should be a big month for nutrition. For too long, we have struggled and failed to curb food and nutrition insecurity, to mitigate rising rates of obesity, and to reduce the prevalence of di...

Best Countries For Americans To Live And Work In As Digital Nomads

View of woman working on her laptop from a camping spot, Croatia. Digital nomad lifestyle getty The digital nomad movement is accelerating. Indeed, the number of people seeking a digital nomad lifesty...

Nearly 1 In 10 Americans Suffered From Depression In 2020, Study Finds

Topline Almost one in 10 Americans reported suffering from depression in 2020, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, which found rates of the mental health...

Congress stock trading ‘continues to degrade the trust’ of Americans, Democrat says

Congressional stock trading is back in the limelight following a New York Times analysis that found 97 members of Congress engaged in stock market transactions that could potentially be seen as confli...

Americans Understand Crypto Risks, but Not Regulations, Survey Finds

More than half of respondents say a US CBDC would increase risks to privacy and security Survey was published the same day the White House released its first crypto framework As the federal government...

Crypto poses threat to ‘financial stability’ of everyday Americans, feds warn

President Joe Biden’s administration expressed concern over recent developments in cryptocurrency markets and their impact on average Americans’ financial health as it introduced a series of reports F...

Brazilian Captain Rafaelle Keen For More South Americans To Join Her In WSL

BUCARAMANGA, COLOMBIA – JULY 30: Rafaelle of Brazil lifts the trophy with teammates after winning … [+] the final match between Brazil and Colombia as part of Women’s CONMEBOL Copa A...

US Treasury Explains How Americans Can Recover Crypto Locked in Tornado Cash

“U.S. persons should be prepared to provide, at a minimum, all relevant information regarding these transactions with Tornado Cash, including the wallet addresses for the remitter and beneficiar...

Sen. Lindsey Graham Will Push For Nationwide Abortion Restrictions In New Bill—Here’s What To Know

Topline Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is set to unveil a new bill Tuesday that aims to restrict abortion access nationwide, a politically risky move that comes as the Supreme Court’s overturning of ...

Most Americans Worry About Accessing Health Care, Poll Finds

Topline Some 80% of Americans worry about how they will access good health care, according to a new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll, which found the vast majority of Amer...

More than half of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck — even the wealthy are feeling the heat of continued inflation

‘It’s everyone. It’s all of us’: More than half of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck — even the wealthy are feeling the heat of continued inflation Pushing yourself to save can be ...

Another sign of a looming recession? Americans’ ‘financial health’ fell for the first time in five years

Are you late paying for your utilities? Do you have enough set aside for a rainy day? Less than one-third (31%) of Americans are “financially healthy” in 2022, down 3% from a year ago, according to th...

Are Americans getting financially dumber? It’s hard to say

Financial literacy in this country has steadily declined over the last 12 years, according to a recent study, but the root cause remains elusive. In 2021, the average respondent correctly answered 2.6...