Wedding costs surge as pent-up demand, inflation force couples to cut back

Nicole Brandfon and her fiance Adam Alonso are planning a wedding in Colombia, rather than Miami, because it was more affordable. Source: Nicole Brandfon Nicole Brandfon and her fiance, Adam Alonso, w...

Here’s How Verizon Plans To Beat Inflation

Best Life AT&T Will Make You Pay More for This, Starting Next Month Regardless of which cell phone carrier you choose—whether that’s Verizon Wireless, AT&T, or T-Mobile—we’ve gotte...

Should You Sell Your Stocks When The Market Tanks? The Myth Of Missing The Best 10 Days

Visitors ride a roller coaster at Universal Studios theme park in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Gregg … [+] Newton / AFP) (Photo by GREGG NEWTON/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images A well-w...

BTC sinks as it follows Wall Street – Can it still be an “inflation hedge”?

After the post-FED meeting announcement, Bitcoin rose steeply to test the $40K resistance. However, market sentiment appears to have shifted today as it dipped back below $37k. Wild swings in the cryp...

Why the market is taking Powell’s ‘soft-ish’ economic language so hard

Roger Ferguson Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Anyone who read a Fed chair coining the term “soft-ish” for an economic landing, as Jerome Powell did on Wednesday, as a bullish sig...

Rising interest rates mean higher borrowing costs to buy a car

Newsday Llc | Newsday | Getty Images On top of elevated prices for new and used cars, financing the purchase of one is about to get more expensive. With the Federal Reserve boosting a key interest rat...

Fed Relief Rally Is False Dawn to Strategists Who Fear Inflation

(Bloomberg) — The collective sigh of relief in markets after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell pushed back against super-sized hike speculation may be short lived. Most Read from Bloomberg The...

Fed hikes interest rates by 50 basis points in effort to combat inflation

The United States Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) concluded two days of meetings Wednesday with a widely anticipated announcement of an interest rate hike of 50 base points, or 0.5%. It is the se...

Consumers at breaking point as Fed inflation battle heats up: Boockvar

The economy may be hitting a crucial turning point. Investor Peter Boockvar warns the Federal Reserve will not be able to meaningfully contain surging inflation, and there’s not much more consum...

Fed Announces 0.5% Rate Hike to Fight Inflation, Highest in 22 Years

The Federal Reserve announced a 50 basis point interest rate hike during May’s Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting. This is twice the size of the rate increase from last month, and the large...

Fed lifts interest rates and will wind down $9 trillion bond stockpile in double-pronged attack on high U.S. inflation

“Inflation is much too high and we understand the hardship it is causing,” said Fed Chairman Jerome Powell in what he called a direct message to the American public. “We are moving expeditiously to br...

Fed raises rates by 50 bps: ‘50 bps won’t stop inflation for long time’

The U.S. central bank lifted its benchmark interest rate by 50 bps on Wednesday to tackle inflation that stands at about a forty-year high of 8.50%. 75 bps increase is not on the cards Stocks still we...

Bitcoin climbs as Fed confirms “inflation is much too high”

Bitcoin rose as much as 3% today as the chair of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, directly addressed the American people, declaring that “inflation is much too high” and “we have the tools to bring...

Fed raises rates by half a percentage point — the biggest hike in two decades — to fight inflation

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point, the most aggressive step yet in its fight against a 40-year high in inflation. “Infla...

Fed Authorizes Biggest Interest Rate Hike In 22 Years To Fight Inflation Amid ‘Violent’ Stock Sell-Off

Topline The Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced the largest interest rate hike since the turn of the century and unveiled additional details about how it will further ease monetary stimulus, escala...

3 REITs With Hidden Inflation Hedges, Yields Up To 8.4%

Real estate investment, Real estate value getty Let’s not fall in love with our dividend stocks—as this can be a big mistake in a dumpster-fire year like 2022. We must be ready to toss “paper” payer t...

Here’s how much cash retirees need to weather a stock market downturn

Luminola | E+ | Getty Images Amid high inflation and rising interest rates, there are fears of a prolonged stock market downturn, and some retirees may be vulnerable without a cushion of cash, financi...

Fourth straight rate hike expected as inflation soars

LONDON, February 03: Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey leaves after a press conference at Bank of England on February 3, 2022 in London, England. The Bank is expected to hike interest rate...

Despite interest rate hikes, Tony Dwyer predicts sharp market bounce

While Wall Street braces for a half point interest rate hike on Wednesday, Canaccord Genuity’s Tony Dwyer sees the ingredients for a sharp market bounce. However, it’s unrelated to a funda...

Cramer defends Powell’s inflation policy ahead of Fed rate decision

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Tuesday defended Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell and said that the beaten-down state of previously inflated stocks shows the Fed chief is on the right track to corralling i...

Powell wants to get rates closer to neutral. But what’s neutral? Think between 5% and 6%, former top Fed staffer says

With U.S. inflation surging higher than anyone expected, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, has laid out a policy path where the Fed is going to move quickly to get its benchmark interest rate up to “to a mo...

Why people moving out of big cities are seeing the most inflation

Some of the hottest pandemic-migration destinations also happen to be home to the hottest regional inflation rates. The relationship between migration and inflation has strengthened significantly as m...

Chegg stock crashes amid ‘issues of enrollment, the economy, and now inflation’

The inflation fight has people shunning school and going all in on finding a high-paying job that could help meet ends meet, which continues to pressure educational services leader Chegg. Shares of th...

Here’s where financial advisors say I bonds may work in your portfolio

I bonds are currently paying 9.62% annual interest through this October, presenting an opportunity for investors with a range of goals, according to financial experts. These assets, backed by the fede...

Democrats’ Proposed Tax Hike Is Reckless And Not The Solution To Inflation

A few days ago, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D–NY) unveiled his solution for rising prices: higher taxes. This episode of What’s Ahead lays out why Schumer’s nostrum is the economic equivalen...

Companies Rush To Raise Prices While They Still Can

Talk of a possible recession has prompted companies like Coca-Cola to increase prices before it becomes harder. getty Consumers have reacted in a surprising way to inflation, which has pushed prices h...

50% of market is in a bubble, Dan Suzuki warns as Fed gets ready to meet

The market may be in the early innings of a dramatic decline. Despite Monday’s tech comeback, money manager Dan Suzuki of Richard Bernstein Advisors warns the group is in a “bubble.”...

Uber is more protected against inflation than its rivals

Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE: UBER) is a stock that’s more protected against inflation than its rivals, says a senior expert at Morgan Stanley. Shares of the San Francisco-headquartered company are dow...

I bonds to deliver a record 9.62% interest for the next six months

Marko Geber | DigitalVision | Getty Images If you’re eyeing ways to fight swelling prices, I bonds, an inflation-protected and nearly risk-free asset, may now be even more appealing. I bonds are...

Ethereum, inflation rate down to 0.51%.

The first quarter of 2022 ended with an annualized ETH money supply inflation rate down from 1.10% to 0.51%. Bankless report, Ethereum inflation drops below 1% This is revealed in Bankless’ State of E...

Stagflation risk rises as the Federal Reserve tightens monetary policy

The Federal Reserve is hiking interest rates in an effort to defuse an explosive year of price inflation. But global forces could neutralize the effects of that tightening of monetary policy, and keep...

‘It is costing more to survive now.’ I owe $109K in student loans, and the balance keeps going up as the loan servicer ‘continuously tacks on more money.’ With high inflation, how can I even cope with my student loans now?

Unfortunately, it is possible for a loan balance to increase, even as you are making payments. iStock Question: I have student loans in excess of $109k.  I am on an income-driven plan but my biggest p...