If you want to live comfortably in any of America’s largest cities, it will come at a high price, according to a new study. An individual must earn $96,500 a year before taxes to afford housing, groceries, transportation and entertainment, while also paying off debt and putting some money into savings, according to personal finance […]
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Generation Z are ‘Cash Hoarders”
Gen Z is embracing cash, despite digital money being the primary way of spending, saving and investing in 21st century life. A 2023 study by HarrisPoll on behalf of CreditKarma found that 69 percent of Gen Zers in the U.S. and U.K. were using cash more than they did in 2022. Nearly a quarter, 23 […]
How much $$ do Americans need to be happy?
Does happiness have a price? For a majority of Americans, the answer is yes — but it it doesn’t come cheap. About 6 in 10 of Americans believe money can buy happiness, according to a new poll from financial services firm Empower. Yet to achieve happiness through financial means, most people say they’d need a […]
Should middle-class households fear inflation?
For economists, the surge in public alarm over inflation is puzzling. By most measures, both the national economy and the personal economies of Americans are doing quite well. Gross domestic product rose last year at the fastest pace since 1984, recovering all of the output lost during the pandemic-induced recession in 2020. Moreover, the unemployment […]
New York Attorney General Investigating Eric Trump Foundation
New York’s attorney general is looking into a report that the Eric Trump Foundation funneled more than $1 million from charity golf tournaments into President Donald Trump’s business, a spokesman for the attorney general said on Friday. Forbes magazine reported this week that the charity run by Eric Trump, the president’s second-oldest son, paid the […]
Oil CEO Wants To Bribe Native Americans To Support Dakota Pipeline
A top North Dakota oil executive has a new take on how the Dakota Access Pipeline stalemate could be broken. Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below. http://tytnetwork.com/join”The chief executive of North Dakota’s largest oil producer, Whiting Petroleum Corp, […]