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The US may be recovering from a physician shortage, but don't expect to spend less time in hospital waiting rooms this year.

While more older boomers tend to have a pension, a looming wave of younger retirees are about to strain the economy and Social Security.

A guaranteed basic income program pilot in Seattle gave 102 low-income residents $500 monthly. Employment among the participants nearly doubled.

The attack on Iran on Friday isn't as important for US inflation as domestic demand, said an economist at a private Swiss bank.

A millennial moved to Canada to "get cultured." Despite the great quality of life, he wants to move back to Texas.

Viewership for this year's NCAA basketball championship games shows the audience for the women's final surpassed the men's for the first time.

The California franchisee warned that customers have to "think twice" about whether they can afford fast food as prices soar with the new $20 wage.

A new Gallup survey found that 71% of student-loan borrowers have put off key life events, including finishing their degrees, because of their debt.

More and more Americans are deciding that the only way to get ahead financially, pay off debts, and save for retirement is to move abroad.

New Gallup data reveals the US has fallen behind many G7 countries in key indicators such as confidence in the military or food affordability.

Analyst David Brady said overvalued stocks are set to tumble, rebound before the presidential election, and then suffer a devastating crash.

Young men in America are gambling on sports, crypto, and meme stocks. And a whole lot of companies are making a killing off the rise in betting.

While Biden's new student-loan forgiveness plan isn't set to go into effect until the fall, a separate Supreme Court decision could complicate things.

Cities like Denver, Boston, New York, and San Francisco are facing budget crunches as tax revenues from office buildings fall and new expenses add up.

Danielle Shultz, 36, is a dancer at The Metropolitan Opera. She also runs a startup that works with Google, Meta, and Deloitte.

While inflation has cooled since its peak, one place where American wallets are still being hit hard is at the grocery store.

The pocket forest has 1,500 plants on just 4,000 square feet of park land and is designed to promote biodiversity.

Job quitting and wage growth aren't that dramatic anymore. However, it's a good labor market for job security and workers' purchasing power.

Six people who transformed their finances by secretly working multiple remote jobs share why they don't think they did anything wrong.