personal finance
”In particular, why does the value of a 2-year or 4-year degree outweigh the value of credentials and job training programs?...”
Originally a religious holiday, the Irish diaspora in the US turned the occasion into a celebration largely divested from the liturgy and rather connected to wearing green and drinking Guinness...
"Levered to the hilt..."
55% of people who have a stocks a provider classified as the worst on sustainability, according to Ethical Consumer rankings, actually think that their money is in a ‘green‘ ISA...
Some cities have 100% of neighborhoods out of reach for average family...
New York accounted for 99.75% of the weekly change in initial claims across the entire US...
70% of the rise in February Goods PPI can be attributed to the index for energy, which jumped 4.4%...
...internet retailers saw sales decline in February.
The NFL’s Dallas Cowboys are the most valuable team in the world with a $9.0 billion valuation...
No state had credit delinquency rates of less than 10%, with Iowa coming the closest at 12.9%...At the bottom end was Mississippi, which had 39% credit delinquency rates to end 2023.
Bougie Broke gives us a glimpse into the financial condition of a growing number of consumers...
"I’m not going to walk outside in the rain when I know it’s raining just because some government weatherman is trying to convince me it’s sunny..."
Governments are always optimistic, but sending euphoric messages tends to backfire, especially when the situation for the middle class is complicated...
So how do people around the world feel about the global economy?
The sole remaining reservoirs of trust in American life are personal networks, local enterprises and local institutions...
... the American people “just don’t seem to understand how good the economy really is right now.”