Erik McGregor | LightRocket | Getty Images As Democrats plow forward with a slimmed-down reconciliation package, House lawmakers are separately pushing another piece of President Joe Biden’s agenda: taxing the ultra-wealthy. Reps. Don Beyer, D-Va., and Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., have introduced the Billionaire Minimum Income Tax Act, calling for a 20% levy on households worth
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FatCamera | E+ | Getty Images As individuals and families grapple with surging prices, there’s one category that has a history of rising faster than inflation: prescription drugs. Now, the new Senate reconciliation bill put forward by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., aims to help give Americans relief from
Just one day after the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark rate, mortgage rates took a sharp turn lower. The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage fell to 5.22% on Thursday from 5.54% on Wednesday, when the Fed announced its latest rate hike, according to Mortgage News Daily. The rate fell even further Friday
De Europese Centrale Bank (ECB) heeft in een spoedoverleg besloten om landen met hoge schulden, zoals Italië en Griekenland, extra tegemoet te komen. DFT-verslaggever Martin Visser kijkt kritisch naar dit besluit: ,,Dit plan kan de euro ontzettend verzwakken.” In een nieuwe aflevering van de podcast Kwestie van Centen bespreekt Visser samen met DFT-collega Herman Stam
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In juni van dit jaar groeide de berg met spaargeld met zo’n €2,6 miljard, blijkt uit cijfers die De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) heeft gepubiceerd. In totaal hebben Nederlanders nu ruim €421 miljard opzij gezet, zowel op normale spaarrekeningen als deposito’s. Over al dat spaargeld werd vorige maand €34 miljoen rente uitbetaald. Feestdagen Alleen in november
Daarvoor waarschuwt de Belastingdienst. Op haar website heeft de dienst de mogelijkheid een proefberekening te maken om te zien of er recht is op de toeslag. Het aanvragen kan via Mijn toeslagen, op toeslagen.nl. Achteraf Het kan handig zijn om toeslagen met terugwerkende kracht aan te vragen. Dan heb je zekerheid over je verdiensten over
New Jersey’s proposed ban on the sale of menthol cigarettes (Assembly Bill 1989) would reduce excise and sales tax collections by as much as $243 million per year. And with the significant revenue loss, smoking rates are unlikely to decline. New Jersey lawmakers should look to the recent Massachusetts experiment to see what to expect
In this article SAVE JBLU JetBlue Airways finally won over Spirit Airlines with a $3.8 billion takeover deal. Now it needs to win over antitrust regulators. The New York-based airline snatched Spirit away Frontier Airlines with an all-cash offer that torpedoed the cash-and-stock deal the two discount airlines had forged earlier this year. Hours after Spirit
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment pill Paxlovid is seen in boxes, at Misericordia hospital in Grosseto, Italy, February 8, 2022. Jennifer Lorenzini | Reuters Pfizer’s second-quarter revenue and profit beat Wall Street expectations, driven by sales of its Covid-19 vaccine and its antiviral treatment Paxlovid. Pfizer booked $27.7 billion in revenue, a 47% increase over the
It’s a fund looking to make money from green investing. The inclusive, actively managed Vanguard Baillie Gifford Global Positive Impact Stock Fund (VBPIX) is an environmental, social and governance product that bundles companies with positive, inclusive and sustainable intentions. “It’s really a fund that’s going to be investing in global equities looking to deliver long-term
JGI/Jamie Grill | Tetra images | Getty Images As the U.S. economy shrinks for a second straight quarter — one definition of a recession — many Americans aren’t prepared for an economic downturn. However, financial advisors say there’s plenty that is in your control. Fewer than half of Americans feel “financially secure enough” for another