Budgeting

Tired of overspending every month? Learn how to stop spending money by identifying your spending tendencies, creating a budget, setting savings goals, and more.

Set it and (hopefully don’t) forget it.

On January 2, 2025, a devastating fire tore through Ghana’s Kantamanto Market, Africa’s largest secondhand clothing trade. More than 2,500 stalls were reduce...

What does it really cost to achieve the American Dream? We show the lifetime cost for a household, covering home ownership to raising kids.

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The modern way to manage your money. Monarch makes it easy to track all of your accounts, optimize your spending, analyze your investments, and create a financial plan to achieve your goals.

Question of the Day: What percent of online purchases are returned to the retailer?

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Personal Journals Podcast · Updated Weekly · Imagine if you could ask someone anything you wanted about their finances. On What We Spend, people from across the country and across the financial spectrum are opening their wallets—and their lives—…

Question: How do you keep your budget working as hard as you do? Answer: Keep. It. Fresh. Here are 14 signs you need to refresh your budget.

If you think the rent is too damn high, wait until you get the bill for child care.

It takes a hefty paycheck to cover your essentials, pay back your debts, save for the future and have a little fun.

American retailers are stepping up their gas game....

The online retail giant sold more than double the amount of apparel of any other retailer in 2023....

Informed analysis of Amazon's US retail business built on CIRP data. Click to read CIRP - Amazon Report, by Michael Levin and Josh Lowitz, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

In this graphic, we break down how Americans spend an average of $77,300 annually across key spending categories.

Frustration with rising menu prices and ubiquitous tip prompts lead to a six-year low.

Purchases of calorie-dense, processed items such as chips, baked goods and cookies were most affected, according to findings by Cornell University and Numerator.

nam NGPF Activity Bank Budgeting PLAY: Budget Frenzy! SUMMARY The objective of this activity is to recognize the different types of variable expenses that a young adult might face and consider the challenges of budgeting for variable expenses. In this fast-paced game, students have to m...

How a communication crisis around value risks making the entire sector a limited-time offering....

In addition to net worth, the threshold for annual salary is $270,000, according to a new survey.

But Gen Z workers want a lot more than that to feel comfortable.

Technological advances, globalization and housing shortages have radically reshaped how Americans spend their money over the last 50 years.