American motorists are spending less on fuel than a year ago, but any savings are likely being gobbled up by soaring car insurance premiums. Although prices at the pump in December were nearly 2% lower than a y
Several chains owning more than 100 Florida nursing homes have gone bankrupt and left the state in the past two years. The reason: They overexpanded during the past decade, then couldn't pay their debts after cuts in funding from the federal Medicare program.Mattson, Marcia...
"It is much more expensive to live here than any place I’ve ever lived. Insurance is higher, housing is higher, food costs more," Mensch says. "So obviously, there is a large portion of our population that lives paycheck to paycheck, and those folks are the ones that are rea...
According to Policy Genius, flood insurance costs an average of $888 per year in 2024. You may also be able to find flood coverage from private insurers. However, many insurance companies in Florida are leaving the state entirely. Others are choosing to significantly raise rates,...
"Unemployment remains low, earnings are rising at a healthy pace, household balance sheets are strong and borrowing costs are likely to moderate a little if the Bank rate is lowered further in the coming quarters as we, and most other analysts, expect." A stamp duty holiday...
New data shows the average cost of an annual car insurance policy has dropped to £418, the lowest it's been since early 2023. That's according to the latest index from price comparison site Go Compare, which reveals the average car insurance policy is 7% cheaper t...
The FIRE sector (finance, insurance, real estate) had the largest percentage point increase in 2021, rising to 21.8 per cent. Article content The problem with our independent central bank is that while non-partisan, it is not neutral. It picks winners and losers. The ...
her grandkids and even gave full-time retirement a try. But she soon realized her Social Security checks, which were smaller than her peers' due to time she spent out of the workforce while raising children, wouldn't be enough to cover travel or rising insurance costs on top of basic ...
Remember—this is a critical part of the story—the cheerleaders are right, in their own narrow way. While all these unsettling poll results were coming in, the economy was expanding at a good clip and generating stellar rates of productivity growth. We were achieving efficiency gains at a ...
“While Delaware is a pricier state to live in, the state’s high-quality health care, light tax burden, affordable homeowners’ insurance and good weather propelled it to the top spot this year,” says Gailey. “Delaware also scored well in diversity, wellness, and culture, and has a ...