...worse still, last month, employers announced the lowest hiring plans since 2009.

...the 'no hire, no fire' labor market keeps chugging along, despite considerable optimism over economic growth.

"PepsiCo is taking a meaningful step to lower..." 

Governments avoid sound money and controlling spending because these choices can hurt them politically right away, while using inflation and interventionist methods allows them to take a lot of wealth from citizens and give it to themselves and their favored industries...

An Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust can reduce estate taxes and protect heirs, but its rigidity and complexity mean it isn’t right for everyone.

The models used by policymakers to understand wages, economic growth, and consumer spending are misleading. That's why corporate America is having a party, and everyone else is mad...

Millions of ABAWDs use SNAP benefits despite being able to work, compromising the true goal of the program, which is to provide financial support for vulnerable people who need help...

Maybe this arrangement isn't as stable and sustainable as the winners imagine...

New rules tied to the phase-out of paper checks could delay refunds unless taxpayers provide or correct direct deposit details...

...driven by surging Services costs (not tariff'd Goods).

...with new 30-year asset-class-return projections baked in

When catching them all, goes wrong...

New deductions for non-itemizers, reduced deductions for others

Psst, hey Elon...

...millions of Americans are poised to receive “significantly larger tax refunds” this filing season due to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

...and still no 'warm nuts'

...with the trend of a weaker labor market accelerating...

...so much for 'affordability'?

Global inflation is projected to ease from 4.2% in 2025 to 3.7% in 2026...

The death of this now obsolete mecca of consumerism can be blamed on clueless corporate executives, devious developers, feckless bankers, and technology...