Opinion: Americans are feeling poorer for good reason: Household wealth was shredded by inflation and Fed tightening

U.S. households’ real wealth plunged at a record 20.9% annual rate to $143 trillion in the second quarter of the year, with modest gains in home values offset by high inflation and a big selloff in th...

U.S. Commemorates 21st Anniversary Of 9/11 Attacks

Topline More than two decades after the September 11 terrorist attacks killed nearly 3,000 people, scores of Americans gathered Sunday in Pennsylvania, New York and Virginia to mourn the attack’s vict...

Americans are drowning in $16.15 trillion of debt ⁠— here’s what that means for the economy and how you can save your own finances

Americans are drowning in $16.15 trillion of debt ⁠— here’s what that means for the economy and how you can save your own finances American households added 2% on average to their debt burden in...

Yellen pledges to target high-earning Americans in bid to keep U.S. finances on ‘sound footing’

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday pledged to pursue tax increases for high-earning Americans in a bid to keep U.S. finances sound, as she gave a speech in Michigan on the Biden administ...

Is Crowdfunding The Future Of Lowering Health Care Costs?

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services released a report touting the national uninsured rate reached an all-time low of 8% with only 26.4 million Americans still lacking coverage. This sou...

Many Americans want to work longer than they actually do

Americans envision working well into their 60s before retiring, but reality can look much different. Folks today anticipate they will retire at 66, according to Gallup’s annual Economy and Perso...

Annual Covid Booster? Vaccination May Soon Resemble Flu Shot Approach, White House Says

Topline The U.S. will likely shift to offering Covid-19 booster vaccines on a yearly basis like flu shots, White House officials said Tuesday, as the administration begins to roll out a new booster sh...

Euro-dollar exchange rate yields steep discount for Americans

Mathieu Young/Getty Images Americans traveling to Europe can do so a bit more cheaply these days than in recent years. The U.S. dollar is trading at its highest level in roughly two decades relative t...

Coco Gauff Becomes Youngest American To Reach U.S. Open Quarterfinals In 13 Years

Coco Gauff, of the United States, returns to Shuai Zhang, of China,, during the fourth round of the … [+] U.S. Open tennis championships, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Mu...

Post-pandemic, Americans are tipping less generously for takeout

At the Sweetly Bakery & Cafe in Battle Ground, Washington, near Portland, Oregon, customers seem to be feeling a little less generous lately. With inflation near record highs and consumers increas...

400 Americans Are Dying Each Day From Covid—Here’s How That Can Become Nearly Zero

Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Dr. Anand Parekh, chief medical advisor for the Bipartisan Policy Center, explains how the tools are there to nearly eliminate Covid deaths—they just need to be deploye...

44% of Americans think they can achieve billionaire status

Michael Bloomberg, (right) founder of Bloomberg LP, and Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs Group, at the 10,000 Small Businesses (1OKSB) Partnership Event in London on Dec. 14, 2016. C...

Americans are retiring later in life versus 30 years ago

The phrase “keep on truckin’” seems apt when it comes to when folks are retiring. The average retirement age has crept up by four years over the past three decades, from 57 in 1991 to the current 61, ...

Half of Americans investing in crypto say it has done worse than expected

Almost half of Americans who have invested in cryptocurrency say it’s done worse that they expected, according to research published by Pew Research Center. Cryptocurrency market turmoil has diminishe...

Seven Cost-Saving Ways Americans Can Beat Inflation in 2022

Americans looking for relief from inflation got some bad news from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell this week. Speaking at a Federal Reserve conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Powell told attende...

Fears Return As Fed Warns Americans Of ‘Some Pain’ As Economy Braces For More Job Cuts

Topline Though they had recently cooled, fears of an impending recession once again escalated Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned economic growth will suffer as the central bank wo...

Why even more Americans are arming up with AR-15 guns

The AR-15 is one of the most controversial weapons in America. Lightweight and easily customizable AR-15 style weapons have skyrocketed in popularity in recent years, taking center stage at gun ranges...

Cannabis Used 20% More Frequently In States That Legalized Recreational Use, Study Finds

Topline People living in states where recreational cannabis is legal use marijuana 20% more often than people in states where it’s illegal, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Addic...

IRS Forgives Penalties For Millions Of Taxpayers Who Filed Late—Here’s Who Qualifies

Topline The Internal Revenue Service said Wednesday it will waive and refund penalties for Americans who filed their 2019 or 2020 tax returns late, as the agency struggles with a massive Covid-imposed...

Here’s Who Benefits Most—And Least

Topline Out of the roughly 45 million Americans with federal student loan debt, here’s who stands to benefit the most from the plan announced Wednesday by President Joe Biden that gives $10,000 in rel...

49% of Americans are Aware of NFTs: Pew Research Center

Nearly half of Americans have shown awareness of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), according to a survey by Washington-based think tank Pew Research Center. Per the report: “About half of U.S. adults ...

Nearly Half of Americans Have Heard of NFTs

Alex Dovbnya Still, only a minuscule share of Americans has invested in non-fungible tokens despite their skyrocketing popularity Non-fungible tokens exploded in popularity last year, with plenty of f...

Biden Reportedly Eyes $10,000 Debt Relief For Borrowers Under Income Threshold

Topline The Biden Administration could forgive $10,000 worth of student loan debt for Americans who earn less than $125,000 annually, CNN reported Monday, following months of deliberations and as a tw...

Most Americans Worry Student Loan Forgiveness Will Worsen Inflation, Poll Finds

Topline The majority of Americans are concerned student loan forgiveness could worsen inflation, according to a CNBC/Momentive poll, as the Biden Administration prepares to make an announcement regard...

More Than a Third of Americans Are Financially Illiterate – New Ipsos Study on Behalf of Money Masters 

Place/Date: – August 18th, 2022 at 2:53 pm UTC · 4 min read Contact: Money Masters, Source: Money Masters The Money Masters free phone app (App Store / Google Play) and online platform were crea...

How To Get Started Investing With Your Stimulus Check

Getty Images Key takeaways More than 15 states are issuing new stimulus checks and/or tax rebates to help offset soaring inflation Meanwhile, unemployment rates returned to pre-pandemic lows in July D...

Why Americans are taking on more credit card debt: ‘My rent literally tripled’

Rob Robinson was doing a pretty good job managing his everyday expenses and basic necessities until he was forced to move out of his home in Lake Worth, Florida, when his landlord of over 20 years put...

Fewer Americans Worried How Climate Change Affects Them, Poll Suggests

Topline The percentage of Americans who are highly concerned about how climate change affects their lives has slipped since 2019, according to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Resear...

5 Americans Injured In Jerusalem Bus Shooting

Topline At least five Americans were injured in a shooting on a bus near the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Sunday just a week after Israel and Palestinian militants agreed on a ceasefire after days of ...

Hundreds Of Americans Are Still Dying Of Covid Every Day—Higher Than At Other Points During Pandemic, Figures Show

Topline Covid-19 guidelines were loosened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week, a strategic pivot to emphasize individual responsibility in light of what the agency says is a lo...

Americans’ Optimism About Covid Plunges, Poll Finds—But They’re Still Getting Back To Normal Anyway

Topline Americans’ outlook of the Covid-19 pandemic has become increasingly pessimistic in recent months, a new Gallup poll found, with a growing share believing things are getting worse instead of be...

Americans Increasingly See Political Opponents As Dishonest, Lazy And Close-Minded, Poll Finds

Topline The share of Democrats and Republicans who view members of the opposite party negatively and the proportion of Americans who are disillusioned with both parties are both up significantly, acco...