Americans moving to California tumble to historic lows
Few Americans are moving to California, when you see the inflow in national terms. Last year, California drew 422,075 people from other states. My trust spreadsheet’s review of new state-to-state...
View ArticleHoliday airfare is down. Why isn’t travel spending?
By Craig Joseph, NerdWallet Holiday airfare is down, but Americans are planning to spend more than ever on holiday travel. A September 2024 report by online travel agency Kayak shows domestic holiday...
View ArticleWhere the presidential candidates stand on personal finance issues
By Anna Helhoski, NerdWallet Consider this your election cheat sheet to find out what Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are promising to do as they vie for the nation’s...
View ArticleA quarter of all working women are leaving free money on the table that could...
By Alex Gailey, Bankrate.com (TNS) A larger share of women than men aren’t saving for their future selves and could be losing out on hundreds of thousands of dollars over their lifetime as a result....
View ArticleCalifornia’s outmigration woes: No. 1 gap, No. 1 improvement
California last year had the nation’s biggest gap between people who arrived and folks who departed – despite also enjoying the biggest improvement in what demographers call “net migration” among the...
View ArticleSurvey: Majority of Americans have money regrets in 2024
By Erin El Issa, NerdWallet It’s nearly the end of the year and a majority of Americans have regrets about their money moves, or lack thereof, in 2024. Whether they set New Year’s resolutions that...
View ArticleFederal Reserve is set to cut rates again while facing a hazy post-election...
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER WASHINGTON (AP) — No one knows how Tuesday’s presidential election will turn out, but the Federal Reserve’s move two days later is much easier to predict: With inflation...
View ArticleTaxes, tariffs and more: 5 key economic stakes of the US election
Enda Curran | (TNS) Bloomberg News The U.S. election on Tuesday will have far-reaching economic consequences, ranging from how Americans are taxed to how the country trades with the rest of the globe....
View ArticleCalifornia is home to hottest US job market. Guess where?
”Survey says” looks at various rankings and scorecards judging geographic locations while noting these grades are best seen as a mix of artful interpretation and data. Buzz: Stockton had the past...
View ArticleWhat $20 gets you at gas stations in each state
By Taryn Phaneuf, NerdWallet Barring sudden changes, the national average price of gas looks like it could soon drop below $3 per gallon for the first time since May 2021. It’s an arbitrary threshold...
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