JPMorgan Chase Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon is validating the growing frustration of working-class Americans, admitting in a recent interview that he completely understands why many have grown “anti-rich.” The Wall Street billionaire argued that decades of ineffective public policies have left lower-income families behind in struggling rural areas and…
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh on Tuesday told House lawmakers that the central bank’s policymakers have “no tolerance for persistently elevated inflation” in his first testimony as Fed chief. Warsh said in his prepared testimony for the House Financial Services Committee that concerns about inflation influenced the Fed’s decision to hold the…
This story about the June 2026 CPI inflation report will be updated with further details. Inflation pulled back in June after surging in prior months due to the Iran war’s impact on energy prices throughout the economy.The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) said on Tuesday that the consumer price index (CPI)…
As anxiety mounts over the projected 2032 depletion of the Social Security Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund, a viral online trend is urging Americans to claim their retirement benefits as early as age 62. But personal finance expert and Ramsey Solutions personality George Kamel is pushing back on…
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SpaceX has been fast-tracked into the Nasdaq-100 Index, meaning the stock performance of Elon Musk’s rocket company is now directly…
Toyota is investing $3.6 billion to expand its San Antonio, Texas, assembly plant, a move expected to create about 2,000…
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Kia is issuing a new recall of more than 460,000 vehicles over a fire risk after an earlier recall affecting the same vehicles failed to resolve the problem, according to federal regulators. The recall affects 462,869 Kia Telluride vehicles from the model years 2020-2024, the…
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The state of Oregon’s utility regulator is implementing a new rule starting Wednesday that will raise the electricity bills of data centers and other large energy users to allow lower rates for other customers. The Oregon Public Utility Commission (PUC) approved updated electricity rates for data centers and other residential…
The cost of mailing a letter will climb again this summer after federal regulators approved another round of U.S. Postal Service (USPS) price increases, including a 4-cent increase in the price of a Forever stamp. The Postal Regulatory Commission on Wednesday approved USPS’ proposed mailing services price changes, clearing the…
Housing affordability is expected to improve with the pace of home price growth slowing to a rate that’s lower than inflation, a new report finds. Realtor.com on Wednesday released a midyear update to its 2026 housing market forecast that estimates home price growth will slow to 1.2% this year, a…
Two lots of Pedigree-branded dog food were recalled over the potential presence of metal and plastic. Mars Petcare US issued the voluntary recall July 2 for 13.2-ounce cans of High Protein Chopped Chicken & Duck Flavor for dogs, according to a company announcement.The affected products include lot codes 613C3KKCFC and…
American workers who never use artificial intelligence (AI) may be more likely to be laid off than those who use AI more regularly, according to new data. Gallup research found that 62% of workers who have been laid off were non-users of AI who used it once per year or…
Some Social Security beneficiaries will receive two checks this July as a quirk in the calendar shifted the payment timeline for an adjacent month. The Social Security Administration (SSA) ordinarily disburses payments for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) on the first day of a given month. The SSI program provides monthly…
A community on Florida’s Gulf Coast has seen a large influx of new residents from the Midwest who are driving the area’s rapid growth. The population of Sarasota County, Florida, has grown 12.4% over the five years leading up to April 2025, according to Florida’s Bureau of Economic and Business…
The average new car payment rose to an all-time high in the first quarter as American households continued to face affordability challenges in the economy. A new report by LendingTree citing data from Experian for the first quarter of 2026 found that the average monthly payment for a new vehicle…
The Trump administration on Friday laid out a sweeping deregulatory plan to eliminate over 700 rules across federal agencies. The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) released its 2026 regulatory plan which covered 702 deregulatory actions, an increase from 482 in the 2025 regulatory plan released by the Trump…
A father says his family of five is able to eat at Chick-fil-A for under $45 using a DIY sandwich “hack,” though menu prices vary by location amid concerns across the country about affordability due to rising costs. Jeff Johnson, a worship pastor at an Atlanta church and a podcast…
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