Credit scores play a key role in your financial life. Generally speaking, the higher your credit score, the better off you are when it comes to getting a loan. And yet, many Americans make the same common mistakes with credit, putting their future financial well-being at risk. As interest rates rise at the steepest annual pace ever,
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Student loan borrowers protest the GOP outside the Republican National Committee’s offices in Washington, D.C,. for denying student loan relief to 40 million borrowers on Nov. 18, 2022 Paul Morigi | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Two of the legal challenges brought against President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan have reached the U.S.
sturti Coming up with the cash to cover an unexpected emergency expense can be a challenge for many individuals and families. Studies show an unexpected expense of even $400may prompt people to borrow to cover the cost. When faced with such bills, workers may be tempted to tap their retirement savings accounts. related investing news
wdstock | iStock Editorial | Getty Images People owed a piece of the $2 billion that Wells Fargo has agreed to pay to customers affected by some of its banking practices could soon receive those funds. The nation’s fourth-largest bank reached a settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, announced Tuesday, to resolve customer abuses
Bill Koplitz | Moment | Getty Images Another round of changes to the U.S. retirement system appears to be on its way. A collection of retirement-related provisions known as “Secure 2.0” is included in a 4,100-page, $1.7 trillion spending bill — which would fund the government for the 2023 fiscal year — that was unveiled
When it comes to car buying, there may be fewer deals out there, but there is still plenty of value to be had. To that end, cost-conscious car shoppers are increasingly seeking out used vehicles in good condition. To be sure you get what you pay for, check for excess wear and tear beyond the stated
Andresr | E+ | Getty Images You may not be the only person eager for packages to arrive at your house. During the holidays, as the volume of home deliveries surges due to gift buying and giving, so does the chance that so-called porch pirates will grab parcels right off your front step, experts say.
Moses Storm Comedian Moses Storm was 16 when he first learned to read and write. “I have the equivalent of maybe a second-grade education,” he said. For much of his childhood, he lived on a bus with his single mother and five siblings, not knowing where he’d wake up the next day. During those tumultuous
miodrag ignjatovic | E+ | Getty Images Up to 254,000 Medicare beneficiaries’ personal information may have been compromised in an online ransomware attack at a government subcontractor, officials warned this week. Letters are being sent to the beneficiaries who were impacted by the potential data breach, said the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Those
As rising prices continue to weigh on households, more families are feeling stretched too thin. As of November, 63% of Americans were living paycheck to paycheck, according to a monthly LendingClub report — up from 60% the previous month and near the 64% historic high hit in March. Even high-income earners are under pressure, LendingClub found. Of
Inflation in the United States hit a record high in June 2022. Consumer prices soared by 9.1% compared with a year prior — the largest annual increase since 1981. While wages are rising, they’re not keeping up with inflation. Wage growth has been consistent with an inflation rate of about 4.5%. Meanwhile, as of November,
Shoppers in Troy, Michigan, on Nov. 25, 2022. Matthew Hatcher/Bloomberg via Getty Images Inflation was lower than expected in November amid a broad-based slowdown in consumer prices that have been rising at their fastest rate in decades. The consumer price index, a key inflation barometer, jumped by 7.1% in November from a year earlier, the