Sales tax free week at the Connecticut Post Mall, in Milford, Conn. Aug. 19, 2024. Connecticut Post/hearst Newspapers | Hearst Newspapers | Getty Images Every year, a handful of states offer shoppers a temporary tax break to encourage spending. This year, some of those “sales tax holidays” are happening as President Donald Trump’s tariffs threaten to…
10’000 Hours | Digitalvision | Getty Images Criminals are increasingly pilfering the retirement and other financial accounts of older Americans via so-called “imposter” scams, the Federal Trade Commission reported Thursday. The frauds tend to go like this: Scammers conjure a fake crisis and pose as trustworthy sources — perhaps a representative for a bank or…
Credit card balances are ticking higher in 2025, according to a new quarterly report on household debt from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Balances rose by $27 billion in the second quarter to a collective $1.21 trillion — in line with last year’s all-time high. The total is up 2.3% from the previous quarter. At…
Riska | E+ | Getty Images President Donald Trump‘s “big beautiful bill” includes trillions of dollars of tax breaks, including a new charitable deduction for most filers — and there’s an easy way to maximize it, experts say. When filing taxes, you claim the greater of your itemized tax breaks or the standard deduction. But…
About 14% of all U.S. households make $200,000 or more per year, according to 2023 Census data. But a significant salary hasn’t translated to big account balances for some of these consumers — which experts have dubbed “HENRYs,” or “high earners, not rich yet.” Rising costs, debt and lifestyle creep can leave them feeling stuck,…
Ahead of next week’s Federal Reserve meeting, relations between President Donald Trump and Fed Chair Jerome Powell have hit a low. “Families are being hurt because Interest Rates are too high,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Wednesday. Trump has said he wants the Fed to sharply lower interest rates by as much as 3 percentage points to…
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (not pictured), in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 22, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Reuters President Donald Trump said the administration is considering ending capital gains taxes on home sales to boost the housing market. When asked about…
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) (C) signs the One Big Beautiful Bill Act during an enrollment ceremony with fellow Republicans in the Rayburn Room at the U.S. Capitol on July 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images News | Getty Images It’s been about two weeks since President Donald Trump‘s…
Customers line up at the check out booth on April 18, 2025 at a Costco branch in Niantic, Connecticut. Robert Nickelsberg | Getty Images The annual inflation rate ticked higher in June, in line with expectations, as lower prices at the gasoline pump somewhat offset higher prices at the grocery store. Economists said they expect…
Katie Gatti Tassin Courtesy: Katie Gatti Tassin There are many unique hurdles that women face when it comes to money, such as the wage gap and caregiving responsibilities. Yet, there’s another challenge in women’s financial lives that is less-discussed — beauty costs, which can be an “insidious force in women’s financial lives,” said Katie Gatti…
