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Wages have outpaced inflation since 2020 but many consumers still feel burdened by prices
On average, wages have outpaced inflation since the pandemic, but even with those gains, plenty of …
John Towfighi
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More Gen Zers are ditching college, and they want better guidance on how to succeed without it
A Gallup survey found that, even as a growing number of Gen Zers choose to skip college, their high…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Forget red and blue: America's real geographic divide is between bosses and their employees
Executives in New York, call centers in Orlando: American cities are facing a growing power imbalan…
Ned Resnikoff
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Meet the millionaires next door
Six millionaires explain the lifestyles and philosophies that helped them grow their net worths fro…
Noah Sheidlower
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A necessary step or government overreach? Economists are divided over Kamala Harris' plan to clamp down on food inflation
Kamala Harris unveiled a plan for the first ever federal ban on price gouging. Economic experts hav…
Filip De Mott
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Why Black men's job situation is worse than it looks
Black men are still working at a considerably lower rate than white, Asian, and Hispanic men, despi…
Jacob Zinkula,Madison Hoff
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Social Security won't save you
Baby boomers who struggled to save for retirement say that relying on Social Security doesn't cut i…
Juliana Kaplan,Noah Sheidlowe…
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The number of young working men without college degrees has tanked in the last 30 years. It could be because their wages have barely budged.
A growing number of young men without a college degree in the US have stopped working, according to…
Ayelet Sheffey,Jacob Zinkula,…
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The most surprising aspect of Kamala Harris' big surge
Maybe Joe Biden was actually the cause of the vibecession, because Kamala Harris has managed to she…
Emily Stewart
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Meet the millennials who got student-loan forgiveness and now have the freedom to save for retirement, grow their families, and consider going back to school
BI spoke to millennials who received student-loan forgiveness over the past few years due to Biden'…
Ayelet Sheffey,Katherine Tang…
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Americans who locked in a job, home, and stocks are thriving. Everyone else missed out on their ticket to wealth.
Americans who locked up jobs, homes, and stocks a few years ago have seen their wealth balloon. Eve…
Jacob Zinkula,Madison Hoff
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Gen Zers are investing their way out of the 9-to-5
Move over, lazy girl jobs. Gen Z women are turning to the stock market to get rich.
Emilie Friedlander
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Forget free cash, there's an even more American way to help people get ahead
Basic income programs continue to ripple across the US. But some experts say there's a policy that'…
Ayelet Sheffey
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America just got a nasty wakeup call about the job market
Hang on to your job — America may be headed for a wave of layoffs.
Emily Stewart
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Americans are the richest they've ever been thanks to soaring real estate and stock prices
Americans have a cumulative net worth of $164 trillion, far surpassing the $20 trillion in debt the…
Matthew Fox
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AI risks destroying jobs. Tech leaders think they have the answer.
Figures including Sam Altman think a form of universal basic income, or UBI, could be a solution if…
Beatrice Nolan
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Swiss Court jails UK's richest Hinduja family for exploiting Indian domestic workers
On Friday, the court sentenced Prakash and Kamal Hinduja to four years and six months in prison, wh…
ANI
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The US economy grew way faster than expected this spring
US real GDP blew past expectations in this year's second quarter. It rose 2.8% compared with a fore…
Madison Hoff
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When to give a tip even if you think tipping is out of control
Some customers are fed up with expectations around tipping: "If I have to stand up to order my food…
Madison Hoff
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Chinese consumers aren't buying enough stuff, and it's taking a toll on the economy
Beijing framed China's second-half growth positively but acknowledged "insufficient" domestic deman…