Personal Finance

Median income only tells you where the middle is. The distributions of income are a lot more interesting.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts an overall job growth rate of 7.7%. Here, we show the fastest growing jobs and how much they pay.

Our rapidly evolving world forces us to adopt distinct patterns of behavior, and in the process, paves the way for new cognitive biases to emerge.

Americans spent more than $70,000 in 2020 just to keep their households running.

International student enrollment at US colleges has declined in the past five years.

For first time homebuyers it was one of the hardest years ever to afford a house. But homeowners saw tremendous gains in housing wealth.

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Median Sales Price of Houses Sold for the United States

Home prices are the median sale price of existing homes and incomes are the median household income within markets.

while supporting data to point to is scant, the pandemic likely accelerated homebuying plans among “renters by choice.”

2021 was a strong year for stocks, commodities, and cryptocurrencies, as most asset classes provided positive returns.

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Here's a round-up of some of my favorite charts from 2021:The U.S. stock market as a whole was basically devoid of volatility this year:In fact, out of the past 94 years of data, this year

Answer: $346 Questions: Why do you think insurance companies raise a driver’s premium after they get a tlcket for texting while driving? What strategies do you use in order to avoid this temptation while driving? Click here for the ready-to-go slides for this Question of the Day that you can use in your classroom. Behind the numbers (from Carinsurance.com):  A driver texting ticket can increase your rates by an average of 23 percent ($346 yearly), a rate analysis by CarInsurance.com shows.

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Use of buy now, pay later (BNPL) payment products has been growing in the United States. We explore the benefits and risks of BNPL products for consumers and merchants.

Volumes on PayPal Inc's 'buy now, pay later' platform were five times higher this Black Friday compared with a year earlier as the payments giant starts to gain traction in the fast-growing credit method, the company's chief executive told the Reuters Next conference.

Why life in this country is so hostile to single people.

Answer:  Religious organizations Education (includes K-12 schools, higher education and libraries) Human services (includes food banks, homeless shelters, youth services, sports organizations)  Questions: What do you think motivates people to give money to organizations like this?  In addition to money, many people choose to volunteer for organizations they believe in. Have you ever volunteered? Why or why not?  What types of organizations would you/have you donated time or money to in the past few years?  Here's the ready-to-go slides for this Question of the Day that you can use in your classroom. Behind the numbers (GivingUSA):  Total charitable giving grew 5.1% measured in current dollars over the revised total of $448.66 billion contributed in 2019.

Answer: $29,927 Questions: Does the number “$29,927” seem like a high average amount of debt? Why or why not?  What do you predict will happen to the average amount of student loan debt taken over the next 5 years? Why? Explain how and why you are concerned about student debt.

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Workers with higher levels of education tend to earn more than those with less education, but earnings vary by age, field of study, occupation, industry, gender, race and ethnicity, and location.

For most people, the average retirement savings isn't enough. Start early so it will be easy to save.

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