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The top places in the US where everyone is moving

businessinsider.com Many Texas counties saw positive net domestic migration between July 1, 2022, and June 30, 2023. Pgiam/Getty Images A Census Bureau press release said 62% of counties had…

A boomer couple left coastal Florida after 3 decades for rural Missouri because the Sunshine State 'is definitely not paradise anymore'

businessinsider.com Married couple Sherry Meaders and James Michael Dunne moved from the Florida coast to rural Missouri. Sherry Meaders Retired couple Sherry Meaders and James Michael Dunne…

Best states for women-owned small businesses in 2024

aol.com The number of small businesses has been increasing in the United States over the past several years. Last year, the White House announced that more than 10 million small…

These are the 10 top-paying U.S. cities where women outearn men

cnbc.com Nationwide, women outearn men in just 42 U.S. cities out of an analysis of some 1,800 cities, according to a new GoBankingRates report using Census Bureau data. The report…

Most Diverse Neighborhoods in the Midwest

247wallst.com Diversity in the Midwest, like in most of the country, has different root causes, including the Great Migration of 1910 to 1970. At the time, Black Americans moved in droves…

U.S. Counties Losing the Most People Have Something In Common

issuesinsights.com If you want to know what the country thinks about President Joe Biden’s agenda, look at how they vote. Not at the ballot box. But with their feet. Earlier this month, the…

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink tells corporate America to get serious about retirement

morningbrew.com Larry Fink is saying exactly what your friends have been casually tossing into the happy hour chat for years: Younger generations are never going to retire. In his annual…

Latin American immigrants are starting businesses at more than twice the rate of the U.S. population as a whole, an analysis of Census Bureau data shows

wsj.com Latin American immigrants are starting businesses at more than twice the rate of the U.S. population as a whole, an analysis of Census Bureau data shows.

BlackRock’s CEO Says the US Retirement System is Archaic

thedailyupside.com In his annual letter to shareholders, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink highlighted a slight problem with many Americans’ retirement savings: There aren’t any. The chairman of the…

What “Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó” can teach about combatting loneliness as we age

marketplace.org We’re watching the 2024 Oscar-nominated documentary shorts in March. This week, inspired by “Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó,” — available to stream on Disney+ with a subscription — we…

'The House under GOP rule has become a hostile workplace'

theweek.com House GOP infighting "has made legislating impossible," says Patricia Lopez. And the "paper-thin GOP" majority narrowed to a single vote with the recent resignations of Reps…

Prices of New Houses -19% from Peak, Lowest since June 2021. Why Sales of New Houses Held Up, while Sales of Existing Houses Plunged

wolfstreet.com Prices of New Houses v. Existing Houses: Price cuts and mortgage-rate buydowns make new houses more attractive. The median price of new single-family houses that were sold…

Rate cut in June or July? What matters is the Fed wants to get started

aol.com Last week was the kind that investors dream about. Markets vaulted higher after the Federal Reserve policy meeting concluded on Wednesday — the S&P 500 and Dow Jones…

A millennial moved to Charleston from Nashville to get away from the bachelorette party scene. She's never been happier working her new dream job and…

businessinsider.com Kaelyn Dannenfelser shared with Business Insider what she likes about Charleston, South Carolina. Courtesy of Kaelyn Dannenfelser Kaelyn Dannenfelser said she's happier than…

More than 23M US households risk losing internet access by the end of April as Congress fails to fund the Affordable Connectivity Program due to GOP opposition

cnn.com Every week, Cynthia George connects with her granddaughter and great-grandson on video calls. The 71-year-old retiree reads the news on her MSN homepage and googles how to…

This Is How High Americans' Net Worth Are at Every Age

finance.yahoo.com Measuring your own wealth can be a tricky thing but seeing how you compare with other households can be a useful way to assess your finances. The real financial benchmarks…

Millions of Americans could soon lose home internet access if lawmakers don’t act

aol.com Every week, Cynthia George connects with her granddaughter and great-grandson on video calls. The 71-year-old retiree reads the news on her MSN homepage and googles how to…

‘Inevitable’: One money manager says there’s no question the retirement age will have to rise

aol.com The subjects of Social Security and its ultimate fate never quite leave public and political consciousness. Even in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election, President…

The South is booming, beating out the West as the fastest-growing region in the country again last year

businessinsider.com Counties in Texas, Georgia, South Carolina, and Virginia saw some of the fastest growth in 2023. • The South saw its population grow throughout the pandemic, a trend not…

Immigration is fueling US economic growth while politicians rage

bostonherald.com Augusta Saraiva and Enda Curran | (TNS) Bloomberg News While the rising number of immigrants in the U.S. has sowed division among politicians across the country — and stoked…

I Have $1 Million in Savings and a Pension. Should I Delay Social Security and Rely on My 401(k) for 8 Years?

finance.yahoo.com If you have $1 million in a 401(k) and collect a pension, you may be in a position to delay Social Security until age 70. Doing so can boost your monthly benefit by up to…

House Republicans want to raise the Social Security age. It could hurt those who 'work their whole lives and die sooner,' the agency's head says

businessinsider.com Former Gov. Martin O'Malley (D-MD), President Biden's nominee to be the next Commissioner of Social Security, arrives to his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance…

American Cities With Shrinking Downtowns

247wallst.com COVID-19 has dealt a serious blow to downtowns nationwide as health care measures encouraged people to work from home, leaving office buildings empty and stores without foot…

Best and worst metro areas for first-time homebuyers in 2024

aol.com The past few years have been one of the worst periods for first-time homebuyers in America's history. Record home prices, chronically low inventory, 22-year-high mortgage…

5 charts that show how the Fed's war on inflation has frozen the housing market

aol.com None The Federal Reserve aggressively raised interest rates during the pandemic to cool inflation. • None But the rate hikes caused some mortgage lenders to raise their…

The fastest-growing and fastest-shrinking cities in the US

businessinsider.com The metro area of Wildwood-The Villages in Florida saw the largest percent increase from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2023, among metros. Michael Warren/Getty Images…

Americans are making a mass exodus from big cities according to Census Bureau data

aol.com Nearly 80,000 people left New York City just last year, according to the latest Census Bureau data. The motivation for many is that big-city rents are increasing and people…

The Fed Remains “Go” for 3 Rate Cuts

investorplace.com The Fed leaves the target rate unchanged … we’re still on for three rate cuts in 2024 … the market celebrates with all-time highs … some sobering data about the U.S.…

Most Diverse Neighborhoods On the West Coast

247wallst.com The third most populous country, the United States is also one of the more ethnically and racially diverse countries in the world. Of course, not all parts are as equally…

For hard-hit tech workers, AI is a silver lining

latimes.com For the thousands of tech workers recently laid off in California and across the country, the future may not be as bleak as it looks right now: Many are likely to retrain…

The fastest-growing and shrinking counties in the US

businessinsider.com Some of the large counties with the highest percent population increases between 2022 and 2023 were in Texas. Davel5957/Getty Images Newly published estimates for counties…

Housing is so unaffordable in major cities that millennials are moving back to the suburbs, Harvard study finds

aol.com When it came time for millennials to fly the coop in the 2000s and early 2010s, many of them moved to large urban areas, a phenomenon came to be known as the “back to the…

Housing is so unaffordable in major cities that millennials are moving back to the suburbs, Harvard study shows

fortune.com When it came time for millennials to fly the coop in the 2000s and early 2010s, many of them moved to large urban areas, a phenomenon came to be known as the “back to the…

What Retail Apocalypse? 7 Stocks Proving the Doomsayers Wrong

investorplace.com The surprising strength of these retail stocks undermines the retail apocalypse theory Retail is dead — at least it is supposed to be. E-commerce had already beaten the…

Why new homes are a bright spot in the housing market

aol.com New homes are a rare bright spot in the housing market right now. Case in point: The SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (XHB) is up about 10% so far this year. High borrowing costs…

US new home construction surged last month, as mortgage rates stayed high

aol.com Amid a housing shortage and an affordability crisis, US homebuilding heated up in February as builders anticipate demand for new homes to stay strong. One sure way to…

Think You Can Afford Retirement? Here's How Much It Costs

entrepreneur.com The age of a retiree could be correlated with how much they spend — and nearly half of retirees say that they retired earlier than expected. A new piece from Go Banking…

The Fed Can't Counter Bad Zoning Policies

washingtonexaminer.com By all available accounts, the Federal Reserve’s unilateral war against the worst inflationary crisis in 40 years is going precisely according to plan. The fastest monetary…

Quiet quitting. RTO. Coffee badging. What this new vocabulary says about your workplace

latimes.com Abygail Liera sympathized when she first read about people who were “quiet quitting,” refusing to go above and beyond at their jobs. But it wasn’t until a few months later…

Here are the nation’s fastest-growing areas in Florida

actionnewsjax.com Florida is now home to four of the five fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the country, according to U.S. Census data released Thursday. At No. 1 was the area which…

Solving the looming retirement crisis means thinking differently about aging, economist says

businessinsider.com Andrew Scott's new book "The Longevity Imperative" calls for a rethink on how we view aging. John Murray Press It's time to start thinking differently about aging, according…

Column: Taxpayer 'protection' or taxpayer 'deception'? A new ballot measure aims to destroy state and local budgets

latimes.com Howard Jarvis, right, the face of the Proposition 13 movement in 1978, with Gov. Jerry Brown, who had to remake California’s tax structure to deal with it. Jarvis’ heirs now…

‘Behind the times’: Washington tries to catch up with AI’s use in healthcare

latimes.com Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is the chair of the Senate Finance Committee, which held a hearing on the use of AI in healthcare last week. Lawmakers and regulators in Washington…

Americans are frustrated by housing prices ahead of the 2024 election

pbs.org Lori Shelton can’t fathom ever having the money to buy a home — and that’s a major reason why so many voters feel down on the economy ahead of this year’s presidential…

Americans are Fleeing California and New York for These 10 Sun Belt Cities

247wallst.com The Census Bureau released new data on domestic migration on Thursday, and patterns are beginning to change. Cities like Boise, Idaho and Phoenix, Arizona that saw massive…

WATCH: Biden meets with Irish leader at White House, discusses Ukraine, Israel

pbs.org With St. Patrick’s Day this weekend, President Joe Biden got to dwell Friday on one of his favorite subjects: Ireland. Watch the meeting in the player above. Biden played…

40 US Cities With Booming Downtowns

247wallst.com “When you’re alone and life is making you lonely, You can always go downtown,” Petula Clark famously sang in Tony Hatch’s song “Downtown.” But of course, for that you need a…

Gold, bitcoin and stocks hit record highs this week. Then came inflation data

aol.com Stocks started the week on a high note. Now, things are looking a little dimmer. The S&P 500 index on Tuesday reached a record high close for the 17th time this year, as…

Why are so many voters frustrated by the US economy? It's home prices

apnews.com Lori Shelton can’t fathom ever having the money to buy a home — and that’s a major reason why so many voters feel down on the economy ahead of this year’s presidential…

Why are so many voters frustrated by the US economy? It’s home prices

bostonherald.com Lori Shelton can’t fathom ever having the money to buy a home — and that’s a major reason why so many voters feel down on the economy ahead of this year’s presidential…

The economy was just hit with a one-two punch of bad data

finance.yahoo.com The mighty American consumer has shrugged off months, even years of recession predictions from top economists and Wall Street CEOs. Facing the hottest inflation in 40 years,…

Florida real estate agent says people need to make at least $120K/year to qualify for a home in the US

aol.com Many Americans who grew up in the 1980s and 1990s watched their parents achieve the perfect middle-class life — complete with the white picket fenced home, car and children.…

Prices may be cooling but ‘shelter inflation’ is still causing big voter frustration with the economy: ‘The housing affordability challenge is the worst I’ve…

fortune.com Lori Shelton can’t fathom ever having the money to buy a home — and that’s a major reason why so many voters feel down on the economy ahead of this year’s presidential…

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