Tyler Foster
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Fake EZ-Pass and toll-road texts are the fastest-growing scam in America — imposter fraud losses hit $3.5 billion last year
The message that landed on a New Jersey commuter’s phone last spring looked like any routine toll notice: “Your E-ZPass account has an unpaid balance...
The best high-yield savings account still pays 4.10% APY — and the new Fed chair taking over today hasn’t signaled a single rate cut
Kevin Warsh walked into the Federal Reserve’s Eccles Building on May 14, 2026, as the most hawkish new chair the central bank has had in...
Wholesale inflation hit 6% the day after consumer inflation hit 3.8% — the one-two punch economists say means more price increases for everything you buy
A gallon of gas costs more to refine. A pallet of chicken costs more to ship. A contractor’s lumber bill is climbing again. And as...
Brent crude hit $111 a barrel today, its highest price since 2022 — gas sat at $4.51, just 51 cents from the all-time U.S. record
American drivers paid a national average of $4.51 for a gallon of regular unleaded during the first week of June 2026, according to AAA’s daily...
Zero rate cuts are priced in for 2026 — and the best high-yield savings account still pays 4.10% APY because of it
The Federal Reserve has not touched its benchmark interest rate once in 2026. Through every scheduled meeting this year, the Federal Open Market Committee has...
Fidelity flagged a $15 billion fraud wave targeting Americans’ savings — scammers send 100,000 texts a day and AI voice clones need just 3 seconds of audio
A 54-year-old woman in Arizona picks up the phone and hears her son’s voice, panicked, saying he’s been in a car accident and needs bail...
A Gartner report says AI layoffs haven’t saved companies a cent — but 37,000 workers lost their jobs in the first 10 days of May anyway
Between May 1 and May 10, 2026, more than 37,000 workers across the United States learned their jobs were gone. A budget airline that once...
Social Security’s 2.8% COLA added $56 a month — but today’s 3.8% CPI means retirees are losing purchasing power faster than the raise covers
The extra $57 in January’s Social Security check was supposed to keep retirees even with rising prices. By spring, it was already underwater. Consumer prices...
The average new home loan hit a record $467,300 — and 3.8% inflation guarantees mortgage rates won’t drop to help
A buyer closing on a home today is borrowing more money than at any point in American history. The average new purchase mortgage reached $467,300...
Oil climbed above $102 WTI for the first time since 2022 — Trump says the Iran ceasefire is on “massive life support”
Oil climbed above $102 WTI for the first time since 2022 — Trump says the Iran ceasefire is on “massive life support” For the first...
Airline fares rose 20.7% in the past year — the steepest annual increase on record, and Spirit Airlines shutting down made it worse
A round-trip flight from Orlando to Chicago cost as little as $120 on Spirit Airlines last spring. Today, with Spirit gone and no ultra-low-cost carrier...
Gas hit $4.50 the same day the CPI showed it’s the biggest driver of inflation — the all-time U.S. record is just 52 cents away
Filling up a midsize sedan cost more than $65 at most stations on the morning of May 12, 2026, the same morning the federal government...
American paychecks shrank in real terms for the first time since 2023 — wages grew 3.6% but prices rose 3.8%
A worker earning the national average hourly wage of $31.27 took home a bigger number on their pay stub in April 2026 than a year...
Social Security’s 2.8% COLA added $56 a month — but the Medicare Part B premium hike swallowed $17.90 of it, leaving retirees with just $38 more
Five months into 2026, the extra money from Social Security’s latest cost-of-living adjustment has had time to settle into retirees’ budgets. For most, the verdict...
The 30-year mortgage averaged 6.37% last week — up from 6.02% in April — and the spring rate dip that buyers were counting on is gone
The numbers were finally cooperating. During the week of April 17, 2026, the 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell to 6.02%, its lowest point of the...
The S&P 500 closed at a record 7,413 today — its seventh straight week of gains — while oil climbed back above $104 on the Iran deal collapse
The S&P 500 closed at a record 7,413 today, its seventh straight week of gains, while oil climbed back above $104 on the Iran deal...