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Personal finance and money guides: bank and savings accounts, budgeting apps, side hustles, buy now pay later, home buying and the cost of owning a pet.
The BLS says the average household spent $81,905 in 2025, and 46.9% went to housing and food. Here is what is solid in the data, what is noise,…
The Bank of Japan kept its policy rate at around 1.25% in an 8-1 vote. One board member wanted 1.5%, and ETF sales will rise to about 860…
Freddie Mac's weekly survey put the 30-year fixed rate at 7.24% on Oct. 29, down from 7.32% a week earlier but still 1.07 points above a year ago.
Treasury's daily data shows the 10-year yield closing Oct. 29 at 4.98%, below 5% again after a 5.05% close a day earlier.
Prices rose 0.5% in September and 3.6% from a year ago, the BEA says. Households spent $113.1 billion more, but real spending rose by only $2.6 billion.
The economy grew at a 3.4% annual rate in the third quarter, beating forecasts. Business spending on tech equipment jumped 37.4%, while housing investment fell for the sixth…
The 10-year Treasury yield closed at 5.05% on October 28, its first close above 5% since October 21, after the Fed held rates and said growth was stronger.
The Conference Board's index rose 7.5 points to 91.7 in October as gasoline prices eased, but inflation expectations stayed high and consumers plan to spend less on services…
Treasury data show foreign holdings of U.S. government debt near $9.3 trillion in August, while a Bloomberg analysis says close U.S. allies have sharply slowed their net buying…
Fed Chair Kevin Warsh said the FOMC will keep eight meetings a year but turn one into a strategy session in 2027 and two in 2028, with no…
The Fed left its benchmark rate unchanged on October 28, with two officials voting for a hike. Here is what a hold does and does not change for…
Treasury has proposed regulations that would bar investors with at least 350 single-family homes from buying more starting January 7, 2027, with exceptions for build-to-rent and similar programs.…
The Federal Reserve announces its rate decision at 2 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, with Chair Kevin Warsh's press conference at 2:30. Follow live updates here as the statement…
Freddie Mac's Oct. 22 survey put the 30-year fixed rate at 7.32%, down from 7.40% a week earlier but up from 6.19% a year ago. A short update…
Treasury's daily data shows the 10-year yield closed Oct. 27 at 4.99%, down from 5.31% on Oct. 5, as the Fed meets. A short update that links to…
