Some of the longtime drivers of higher inflation — spiking gas prices, supply chain snarls, soaring used-car prices — are fading. Yet underlying measures of inflation are actually worsening.
Some of the longtime drivers of higher inflation — spiking gas prices, supply chain snarls, soaring used-car prices — are fading. Yet underlying measures of inflation are actually worsening.
President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced his long-awaited plan to deliver on his campaign promise to provide $10,000 in debt cancellation for millions of Americans — and up to $10,000 more for those with the greatest financial need.
AP Consumers & Personal Finance Aug. 10, 2022 8:53 am1221d ago
Plenty of items are continuing to grow more expensive. Food prices kept surging in July, for example, and have risen 13% from a year ago, the largest such increase since 1979. The costs of rent, medical care and furniture also rose at elevated rates.
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Surging prices for gas, food and rent catapulted U.S. inflation to a new four-decade peak in June, further pressuring households and likely sealing the case for another large interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve, with higher borrowing costs to follow.
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Erin Davis, a Cedar Rapids single parent, said most single parents who she knows work two jobs.
Business News May. 9, 2022 8:23 am1314d ago
The Biden administration announced on Monday that 20 internet companies — including Mediacom — have agreed to provide discounted service to low-income Americans, a program that could effectively make tens of millions of households eligible for free service through an already existing federal subsidy.
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As taxpayers we must each pay our fair share in taxes, but no one said that we had to pay more than our fair share.
Inflation soared over the past year at its fastest pace in more than 40 years, with costs for food, gasoline, housing and other necessities squeezing American consumers and wiping out the pay raises that many people have received.
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The credit union is trying to shrink the gap between Black and white homeowners by pledging $1 billion over 10 years in home loans to people of color. The credit union this week committed $500 million to loans to people of color on top of $500 million announced last year for home loans to Black borrowers.
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Though they’re both made of plastic and can be used for payments, credit cards and debit cards have a number of important differences.
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