U.S. President Joe Biden, joined by Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, speaks on student loan debt in the Roosevelt Room of the White House August 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Biden administration has launched a beta application for its new repayment plan for student loan borrowers.
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In this article LC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT By many measures, consumers who have been squeezed by higher prices should be experiencing some relief. Recent releases show that, at least compared with the soaring inflation from a year ago, prices have begun to ease. The consumer price index, which measures inflation, increased 3% from
IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Feb. 15, 2023. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Scrutiny of a pandemic-era tax credit intensified this week as lawmakers, the IRS and tax professionals sought solutions for the wave of small businesses that wrongly claimed the tax break. The employee retention credit, or ERC,
Simon Potter | Getty Images When it comes to stocks, investors face a big question: How much exposure is enough? For investors already in retirement, how well they answer that question may have big consequences for how well they reach their goals. “About 37% of boomers have more equity than we would recommend for their
Johnnygreig | E+ | Getty Images This October may be a stressful time for many people with federal student loans. After a three-year break, the U.S. Department of Education will start expecting payments again at that point. Borrowers will get their first bill in September or October, the Department says. From then, they’ll have at
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Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty Images Access to personal cars remains important to Americans despite the growing monthly cost of ownership. The average monthly auto payment reached $733, a new record, in the second quarter of the year, according to a report by auto site Edmunds. Seventy-eight percent of middle-income households earning between $47,000 to
Designer491 | Istock | Getty Images Student loan borrowers are likely still reeling from the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the Biden administration’s forgiveness plan. It may make them feel a little better to learn that there are other ways to get their debt canceled. There are already numerous federal and state programs that
A ‘Shark Week’ blimp flies over the San Diego Convention Center on July 23, 2022. Aaronp/bauer-griffin | Gc Images | Getty Images It’s “Shark Week,” the annual television-programming event on Discovery that stars the ocean’s apex predators. And perhaps the most famous of these fish — the fictional, man-eating great white from the 1975 thriller