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In many ways, workers are still reeling from the pandemic. After a tumultuous few years, worrying about what will come next is causing more employees to suffer from so-called layoff anxiety. According to Clarify Capital’s 2025 survey of 1,000 Americans, 1 in 3 adults have layoff anxiety. It’s especially impacting younger workers: among Generation Z,

People walk by a sign for Freddie Mac headquarters on July 14, 2008 in McLean, Virginia. AFP Photo/Paul J. Richards (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP via Getty Images) Paul J. Richards | Afp | Getty Images Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — the two giant mortgage finance firms controlled by the federal government

FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk speaks as his son X ? A-12 and U.S. President Donald Trump listen in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 11, 2025.  Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Staffers from Elon Musk‘s secretive government slashing effort, DOGE, have pushed the highest-ranking officials at the Department of Education

© Marco Bottigelli | Moment | Getty Images When saving for retirement, more time in the market can be beneficial depending on your goals and risk tolerance. Generally, the longer your investing timeline, the greater the opportunity to save and the bigger risk you can afford to take. But your investing timeline can be shortened

Coroimage | Moment | Getty Images If you worked remotely in 2024, you may be eyeing the home office deduction. However, qualifying for the tax break may be harder than you expect, experts say.  Only 7% of companies allowed fully remote work in 2024, down from 21% in 2023, according to a ZipRecruiter survey that

Richard Stephen | Istock | Getty Images The advisory group known as the Department of Government Efficiency, led by billionaire Elon Musk, has moved quickly to curb government spending at federal agencies including the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. At a rally Monday outside the Social Security Administration’s Maryland

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Sen. Elizabeth Warren is urging the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to reevaluate the decision to rescind more than 200 job offers to bank examiners in the wake of President Donald Trump’s federal hiring freeze. The FDIC is already severely understaffed, which “threatens

Sign on an empty supermarket shelf in Queens, New York. Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Wholesale egg prices have eclipsed record levels as the U.S. scrambles to contain a bird-flu outbreak — and consumers may soon see more sticker shock at their local grocer as a result, according to analysts. On Friday, average

US President Donald Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on February 6, 2025.  Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images As House Republicans look for ways to slash spending to fund President Donald Trump’s tax cuts, they’ve floated proposals that could raise federal student loan bills for

Maskot | Maskot | Getty Images Renters should reap the benefits of a lower-cost rental market while they can. It might not last, experts say.  As of December, the median asking rent price in the U.S. was $1,695, down 0.5% — or $8 — from November, according to a report by Realtor.com. The latest rent price