1+ hour, 14+ min ago   (256+ words) Family & Lifestyle Journalist The income thresholds for the Saver’s Match are narrow, and they phase out quickly. For single filers, the phaseout period begins at $20,500, and individuals who earn more than $35,500 will not be eligible. For head-of-household filers, the phaseout…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (509+ words) The US cattle herd hit its smallest size since 1951 at the start of this year, yet beef prices at the grocery store are still rising. That’s not the only food category under pressure. From staple grains to cooking oils to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (629+ words) The federal government pays $23.8 billion every week – not in salaries, not in roads or hospitals, not in military hardware – just to service debt it already owes. That number, confirmed by the Congressional Budget Office in its latest monthly budget review,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (327+ words) For nearly two decades, Roubini has worn the nickname “Dr. Doom” with a certain pride. He earned it in the mid-2000s for warning of a housing crash that Wall Street dismissed – until he was proven catastrophically right. His record since…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (477+ words) American workers got a 3.5 percent pay raise over the past year. So did inflation. The net result, for the typical hourly employee, is a gain of 27 cents per hour in real, purchasing-power terms since January 2025 – an outcome that lands somewhere…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (635+ words) The data behind that Warren Buffett stock market warning is harder to dismiss than it has ever been, and two separate valuation gauges are simultaneously flashing readings only seen during the dot-com peak. That indicator has now surpassed 233%, the highest…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (720+ words) The number $2.50 wasn’t chosen by accident. When President Trump posted his demand that gas station retailers target that exact price at the pump, the figure doubled as a birthday wish – America’s 250th, celebrated on July 4th. The symbolism was intentional. The economics…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (723+ words) Independent Social Security and Medicare policy analyst Mary Johnson is now projecting a 2027 COLA of at least 4.7%, up from her previous estimate of 4.2% just one month earlier. Johnson has said there is “a considerable likelihood that it’s going to climb…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (563+ words) According to U.S. News, the 30-year purchase mortgage rate sits at 6.6% as of June 15, 2026. That’s the number buyers are working with while simultaneously benefiting from market conditions sellers would never have accepted in 2021. That gap matters. When sellers outnumber buyers by…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1002+ words) Trump told reporters "I love the inflation" as the US annual inflation rate hit 4.2%, a three-year high. The post Trump Takes an Unexpected Stance on Inflation and Cost of Living: “I Love the Inflation” appeared first on The Hearty Soul....