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The Consumer Price Index increased by 3.4% in April from a year ago, matching the forecast.

Walmart and UPS offer six-figure salaries and lucrative benefits. White-collar workers, meanwhile, are facing layoffs and AI overlords.

Soaring prices and borrowing costs mean people are spending nearly every dollar they have just to stay afloat, top economist Stephanie Pomboy said.

A new Deloitte report found that the cost of living is a key reason millennials and Gen Z are choosing to forego higher education.

The next recession has likely been postponed by the trillions of dollars of stimulus spent during the pandemic, one Wall Street vet says.

A researcher at the think tank CEPA wrote that the war is sapping Russia's economy, leaving economic policymakers with little room to maneuver.

One-fifth of food delivery accounts from services like DoorDash and Uber Eats have been targeted by hackers, Sift said — more than other industries.

A lawsuit accuses an Iowa sheriff's department of using jail fees to fund laser tag, ice cream, and a cotton candy machine, among other things.

Half of Americans living in deep poverty are childfree adults because it's harder to access certain tax and government assistance without kids.

A jury awarded sisters $18 million in damages from an insurance company after their home was flooded and they were offered just $5,000 for repairs.

A Michigan woman is suing Hawaii's tourism board over the snorkeling death of her husband in Maui, saying it failed to warn them of the risks.

It'll take at least a $100,000 salary to convince Americans with a degree to change jobs, New York Fed survey finds.

Even as housing costs have risen over the last several years, Austin has managed to maintain a relatively affordable cost of living.

Arlington, Virginia ranked highest in retirement account and Social Security income, followed by Cambridge, Massachusetts.

In his long-awaited hush-money trial testimony, Michael Cohen supplied damning testimony by quoting what he said were Donald Trump's words at key moments.

Gold is seen as a politically neutral, safe asset, insulated from sanctions. China has doubled down on the metal in the last eight years.

Cody Plante regrets his graduate school loans and said now he may die with some debt if he doesn't lower his expenses and increase his income.

A Danish butter tycoon's $72 million coin collection is headed to auction 100 years after his death.

"Once people do begin to lose their jobs, once the economy does begin to slow down, you already have a lot of distress," Torsten Slok told Bloomberg.

Millennials' average wealth doubled in the last four years, leaving some surprised to realize that they're suddenly doing very well.

Putin's appointment of a civilian economist as defense minister signals Russia's military-industrial complex is now key to its wartime economy.

The sudden resurgence of inflation has caused some more alarmist analysts to suggest that the US economy is in deep trouble.