Money in the News
Trending and breaking stories with a financial angle. This category covers the headlines that affect people’s wallets, from government policy shifts and cost of living changes to corporate upheaval and the financial side of technology. This is what keeps The Money Overview current with the broader news cycle.
Latest in Money in the News
A projected 3.9% raise would add about $156 a month to a $4,000 veterans’ disability check
A veteran drawing $4,000 a month in VA disability compensation would see roughly $156 more each month in 2027 if the cost-of-living adjustment lands where...
Food-stamp eligibility still caps countable assets at $3,000, with a higher limit for senior households
SNAP applicants who are not elderly or disabled still cannot hold more than $3,000 in countable assets and remain eligible for food assistance, a ceiling...
The average new vehicle topped $50,000 for the first time this year
The average price paid for a new vehicle in the United States climbed back above $50,000 in August, the first month in 2026 the industry-wide...
Winter heating costs will climb again, with the government’s fuel outlook due in October
The federal government’s single most-cited estimate of what American households will pay to stay warm this winter hasn’t been published yet, but the raw ingredients...
Propane and heating-oil users face higher bills as another cold season nears
Households that heat with propane or heating oil are bracing for another expensive winter, and early market signals point toward higher bills rather than relief....
Egg prices ticked back up to about $2.28 a dozen in August, bucking the grocery slowdown
Grade A large eggs averaged close to $2.28 a dozen in August, up roughly 4 percent from July, even as the Bureau of Labor Statistics...
Ground coffee sits near a record $9.30 a pound as grocery costs keep climbing
Retail ground coffee is selling for close to $9.30 a pound, near the highest level on record, even as government forecasters say the wider grocery...
Beef prices are climbing to fresh highs as cattle supplies stay tight
Retail beef prices have pushed to fresh highs this year as a shrinking U.S. cattle herd leaves packers with less supply to work with, and...
Inflation reaccelerated to 3.4% in August, led by a 27% yearly jump in gas prices
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that its broadest inflation gauge, the Consumer Price Index, rose 0.4 percent in August after increasing just 0.1 percent...
A stopgap law funds the government through December, so Social Security and food-stamp payments keep flowing
President Trump signed a stopgap spending law on September 2 that funds the government through December 11, closing off the threat of a shutdown at...
The Trump administration restarted seizing pay from defaulted student borrowers
The Department of Education has resumed involuntary wage garnishment against borrowers whose federal student loans are in default, restarting a collection tool that had sat...
A budget proposal would zero out the heating aid that helps six million households this winter
The White House’s fiscal year 2027 budget request would eliminate all federal funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, the roughly $4 billion...
Kroger is closing about 60 stores and cutting nearly 1,000 jobs
Kroger is cutting nearly 1,000 corporate jobs as it works through a plan to close roughly 60 underperforming stores, a reversal from the company’s earlier...
Trump’s drug deals now cover nearly 90% of the branded market
As of September 18, 2026, the Trump administration counts 26 pharmaceutical manufacturers with signed most-favored-nation pricing agreements, together covering an estimated 89% of the U.S....
The national gas price jumped 13 cents in a week to $4.44 a gallon, up 27% over the year
AAA’s daily fuel survey put the U.S. average price of regular gasoline at $4.4687 a gallon on September 18, up from $4.2950 a week earlier,...
The most a family of four can get in food stamps rises about $29 in October
The maximum monthly food-stamp allotment for a family of four in the 48 contiguous states and Washington, D.C., rises to $1,023 on October 1, a...
Obamacare refund checks begin reaching nearly a million people in 30 states who paid full premiums this October
A federal refund program is beginning to reach nearly one million Americans in 30 states this October, according to a White House fact sheet published...
Amazon will add $149 to earlier Prime refunds and pay newer members automatically starting October 1
Amazon will begin sending an extra $149 to consumers who already accepted a payment from the Federal Trade Commission’s Prime settlement, bringing their total to...
The food-stamp shelter deduction for people with no housing costs is set at about $206 a month
A little-known deduction built into the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program’s benefit formula is rising to $205.66 a month starting October 1, part of the same...
Food-stamp recipients must tell the state whenever monthly earnings rise more than $150
Households on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that are required to report income changes between renewals will face a higher bar for doing so starting...