Personal Finance

Americans have mixed views on the importance of having a degree. 47% say the cost is worth it only if someone doesn’t have to take out loans.

Such services let shoppers expand their purchasing power by paying for merchandise in monthly installments.

First-time homebuyers still have to compete for a small pool of houses.

The plastic cap… After nearly 20 years of litigation, Visa and Mastercard announced a major settlement with US retailers this week to temporarily...

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Goldman Sachs’s old headquarters in NYC is now an apartment building.

An apartment building with a Costco on the ground floor is coming to LA thanks to housing construction reform.

The My First Nest Egg App is a fun way to systematically teach young kids financial literacy, goal-setting, perseverance, and self-sufficiency with money and time.

The American dream of owning a home is slipping away for many, an issue that entrepreneur John Hope Bryant writes can be addressed with 40-year mortgages.

Data analysis about how often people change jobs and careers, how long people stay at any given job, and other career change statistics.

Find out how the national average of $37,693 in student loan debt breaks down by age, degree and more, as well as how it's changed over time.

Some interest rates for new federal student loans have hit record highs for 2024-25: 6.53% for undergraduate direct loans, 8.08% for graduate and professional direct loans, and 9.08% for PLUS loans. Here's how to minimize your borrowing to lower your college costs.

Surging costs for housing and other expenses are prompting baby boomers to take on roommates.

The DOJ is suing property management tool RealPage accusing it of enabling collusion among landlords.

Unemployment rates and earnings by educational attainment

This new dog-eat-dog system for brokers could push many of the “mediocre” ones to leave the industry.

On Why to Forgive Student Loans Rather than Other Debts

In this essay, we trace the path of the recession from its origins in the housing market bubble to the policies offered to cure the aftermath.

When the 2008 economic crisis hit, mainstream economists scratched their heads attempting to make sense of the devastation. Austrian economists had been issuing warnings about the impending crash for years.

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Explore different savings scenarios to see how they affect your savings needs and goals with our college savings calculator

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Target says it will no longer accept personal checks from shoppers as of July 15. The Minneapolis-based discounter confirmed the move in a statement to The Associated Press on Tuesday, citing “extremely low volumes” of customers who still write checks.

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A growing number of 18-34 year-olds are living with parents or other relatives, leaving fewer “empty nesters.”...

An illness led Stephen Smith to study why America has so few elevators. What he learned explains why housing costs are so high.

The average cost of college by year, expressed in current dollars and adjusted for inflation, itemized and broken down by institution type.