Dealers are quietly absorbing almost half of the tariff hike on new cars
American car buyers shopping for a new import this summer are paying less of a tariff surcharge than the sticker math would suggest. Federal records show that the gap between the headline 25 percent duty on imported automobiles and the price increases reaching showroom floors is being closed, in large part, by dealers and importers […]
Read MoreDealers are quietly absorbing almost half of the tariff hike on new cars
American car buyers shopping for a new import this summer are paying less of a tariff surcharge than the sticker math would suggest. Federal records show that the gap between the headline 25 percent duty on imported automobiles and the price increases reaching showroom floors is being closed, in large part, by dealers and importers […]
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Budgeting & Saving
State treasuries are sitting on more than $73 billion in unclaimed money, and about 1 in 10 Americans is owed some of it
Roughly one in ten Americans has money waiting for them in a state treasury, and most have no idea it…
Personal Finance
Budgeting & Saving
State treasuries are sitting on more than $73 billion in unclaimed money, and about 1 in 10 Americans is owed some of it
Roughly one in ten Americans has money waiting for them in a state treasury, and most have no idea it…
Markets & Investing
Banking & Credit Cards
Fraud & Scams
AT&T’s $177 million breach payouts, up to $7,500 each, are waiting on a judge’s final sign-off
Millions of AT&T customers whose Social Security numbers were exposed in a 2024 data breach could receive individual payouts of up to $7,500, but the...
Fraud & Scams
Trader Joe’s shoppers have until Tuesday, June 9 to claim an estimated $102 each from the chain’s $7.4 million receipt-privacy settlement
Trader Joe’s shoppers who paid with credit or debit cards during a specific period can file claims for an estimated $102 each from a $7.4...
Fraud & Scams
A new class action claims Bitcoin Depot’s ATMs let a scammer drain $76,000 from one victim
A proposed class action lawsuit accuses Bitcoin Depot of allowing a scammer to drain $76,000 from a single victim through its cryptocurrency ATMs, adding to...
Credit Cards & Rewards
The average credit card now charges 21% interest — near the highest rate ever recorded
Americans carrying a balance on their credit cards are paying more in interest than at almost any point in modern history. As of February 2026,...
Credit Cards & Rewards
Americans’ credit card balances actually fell to $1.252 trillion — the first drop in years
American households saw their combined credit card debt dip to $1.252 trillion in the first quarter of 2026, breaking a streak of quarterly increases that...
Loans & Lending
Graduate student loans will cost 8.07% for anyone borrowing after July 1, the highest rate in three years
Graduate students who borrow federal Direct Loans after July 1, 2026, will pay a fixed interest rate of 8.07 percent, the steepest borrowing cost for...
Real Estate
Market Trends
National home prices are up just 0.4% in a year, with declines spreading across the South
Homeowners and prospective buyers across the Sun Belt are facing a new reality: national single-family home prices grew just 0.4%…
Retirement & Taxes
IRA contributions jumped 29% to a record last quarter, with two-thirds of the money going into Roths
Buyers of new American-built cars can now deduct up to $10,000 a year in loan interest — even if they take the standard deduction
The $600 Venmo tax-form rule is dead — payment apps now report to the IRS only above $20,000 and 200 transactions
Adding a bank account to your free IRS online account is the fastest way to avoid weeks of refund delay this year
Social Security’s 2.8% raise adds about $56 a month — but a $17.90 Medicare Part B premium hike claws back nearly half
Retirees under full retirement age can earn up to $24,480 in 2026 before Social Security starts holding back benefits
Medicare’s new $50 weight-loss drug benefit could cost taxpayers billions, analysts warn before its July 1 launch
Any taxpayer can lock scammers out of their tax refund with a free six-digit IRS identity-protection PIN
Social Security’s full retirement age finally reaches 67 this November for everyone born in 1960 — and claiming at 62 locks in a 30% smaller check for life
Workers 50 and older who earn more than $150,000 must now make their 401(k) catch-up contributions in a Roth, with after-tax dollars