In the aftermath of a pandemic-fueled spending spree, a startling shift is quietly reshaping American consumer behavior—one that reveals more about collective insecurity than mere financial prudence. Once celebrated as a return to normalcy marked by indulgent “revenge spending,” recent data show that Americans are increasingly turning to “revenge saving,” a term gaining traction to
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The luxury real estate landscape in 2025 is starkly polarized, revealing a growing rift between the ultra-rich and the merely affluent. The latest insights from Coldwell Banker, derived from a survey of 200 luxury property agents, underscore that economic uncertainty has not dampened the appetite of the ultra-wealthy but has noticeably restrained wealthier-but-not-elite buyers. This
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The United States is teetering on the brink of a student loan disaster of colossal proportions, with government reports and financial analyses indicating a crisis so profound that it threatens not only individual borrowers but also the broader economy. As the Department of Education resumes its “involuntary collections” on federal student loans, millions of borrowers
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The ongoing debates surrounding vaccine development and deployment echo through the halls of power, often reflecting societal anxieties that provoke passionate discussion. A recent instance that brought these concerns to light was the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voting to recommend Merck’s new respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, dubbed Enflonsia. This decision follows a
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In an audacious yet concerning move, the Federal Reserve recently proposed revisions to a vital capital rule governing the largest banks in the nation. This initiative, aimed at loosening the strictures of the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio (eSLR), has elicited mixed reactions and considerable apprehension among financial stability advocates and economists alike. By potentially reducing
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