A person wearing a face mask walks along Wall Street after further cases of coronavirus were confirmed in New York, March 6, 2020. Andrew Kelly | Reuters This is a live blog. Check back for updates. 7:38 am: Stock futures higher Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were higher by about 100 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq-100 futures were
Ungureanu Vadim | EyeEm | Getty Images Many student loan borrowers were suffering when the pandemic shuttered the economy. Americans collectively hold more than $1.6 trillion in student debt. According to credit monitoring service Experian, Gen Z saw their student debt balances increase by 9% from the first quarter of 2018 to the first quarter of 2019 —
The IRS wants you to know that retirees may be targets of scams that relate to economic impact payments (EIPs). EIPs were authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). Senior Woman Giving Credit Card Details On The Phone Getty The U.S. Treasury is in the process of paying EIPs to
Getty Recent reports indicate that the IRS is launching an audit campaign that will focus on hundreds of returns filed by high-wealth taxpayers. The initiative, which was confirmed by Douglas O’Donnell, head of the IRS’s Large Business and International Division (“LB&I”), last week, is expected to begin around July 15th, and will likely involve taxpayers with
Aaron Marshall is CEO & Co-Founder of Keyrenter Property Management, the nation’s leading property management and real estate franchise. Getty We hear all the time about how important it is to grow a business, and that the customer is always right. But sometimes, in order to expand a company, it’s important to recognize that the customer or
Workers assists guests at check-in during the reopening of Bellagio hotel-casino on June 4, 2020, in Las Vegas. Ronda Churchill | AFP via Getty Images With states continuing to lift coronavirus restrictions, people across the U.S. have felt more comfortable traveling, taking transit, eating out and even moving to a new home. Improvement across the
The “Fearless Girl” statue stands outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Friday, June 12, 2020. Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S. stock futures fell on Sunday night following a solid weekly performance on Wall Street amid lingering concerns about the coronavirus outbreak. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell during a speech on March 3, 2020 in Washington, DC. Mark Makela/Getty Images The recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic is playing out across stark — and widening — fault lines in America. Lower earners, those with less schooling, women and minority groups have borne the brunt of the economic
null Getty PPP borrowers and their advisors are scrambling to determine how to manage their businesses and expenses to best facilitate loan forgiveness to benefit their businesses and employees. These two objectives are sometimes at odds, and the new 24-week testing period election, which most borrowers can meet, will have a powerful impact on business conduct.
Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about early spousal benefits before full retirement benefits, survivor benefits, which month to start benefits to avoid early filing reductions, unpaid Social Security and Medicare taxes and benefits on an ex’s record after remarriage. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder