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[ad_1] Vithun Khamsong | Moment | Getty ImagesAmerican workers who participate in a retirement plan expect to need an average $1.28 million set aside to retire comfortably, according to a new survey from investment management company Schroders.Yet just 30% of workers say they expect to have $1 million or more by the time they retire, the survey found. About half, 48%, expect to have less than $500,000, and 26% expect to have less than $250,000.Other studies point to similar challenges, with Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies reporting that 68% of workers say they could work until retirement and still not…

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[ad_1] The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 27, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz | ReutersIt’s “Crypto Week” in Washington.The cryptocurrency industry is set to notch a major win this week if the House can pass two bills that would set up a long-lobbied-for regulatory framework for digital assets.The stablecoin bill, known as the GENUIS Act, has already passed the Senate and looks set to become the first standalone crypto measure signed into law should the House do the same.But the real prize for the industry is a wider and more complex bill on market structure called the CLARITY Act,…

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[ad_1] People look at iPhones at the Apple Fifth Avenue store in New York City on May 23, 2025.Adam Gray | ReutersApple and miner MP Materials announced a $500 million deal Tuesday for rare earths magnets and the development of a recycling facility that will reinforce the iPhone maker’s U.S. supply chain.MP Materials stock climbed 10%. Shares of Apple were marginally higher.As part of the agreement, Apple will buy rare earth magnets created at the company’s facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Both companies will combine on a new rare earth recycling line in Mountain Pass, California. MP Materials plans to…

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[ad_1] Federal debt held by the public has remained above 90% of GDP since 2020, the highest sustained level since World War II. With deficits projected to persist, that rate is expected to climb to nearly 118.5% of GDP by 2035, per CBO estimates.Debt at this level raises the risk of higher interest costs, slower growth and reduced budgetary flexibility, the agency warns. How deficit spending affects the economyWhen the government runs a deficit, it raises funds by issuing Treasury bonds and other securities. As the debt grows, so do the interest payments required to service it.Interest payments have become a…

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