Author: Daniel snow

The Trump administration’s resumption of collection efforts on defaulted federal student loans has far-reaching consequences for delinquent borrowers.For starters, borrowers who are in default may have wages, tax returns and Social Security payments garnished.But involuntary collections could also have a “spillover effect,” which puts consumers at risk of falling behind on other debt repayments, according to a recent report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York,As collection activity restarts, disposable income falls”We were obviously somewhat concerned about potential spillovers to delinquencies on other types of debt,” the New York Fed researchers said on a press call earlier this month.”During the period where people…

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Brandon Guerrero, 34, of Compton, receives both a flu and COVID-19 vaccine at CVS in Huntington Park on August 28, 2024.Christina House | Los Angeles Times | Getty ImagesThe Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday outlined new regulatory guidance for future Covid-19 vaccine boosters, setting stricter approval standards for healthy Americans. The FDA recommended different standards of evidence for approval based on patients’ risk of getting severely sick from Covid, according to a paper published Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. The paper’s authors are FDA Commissioner Marty Makary and Vinay Prasad, an outspoken critic of the pharmaceutical industry…

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For some new graduates, the prospect of negotiating a job offer is even scarier than final exams.Banking app Chime conducted a survey of 2,000 recent higher education graduates in April to determine their biggest career and financial concerns.According to the survey, 54% of new grads said that they find negotiating a salary to be “more painful than breaking up with a partner.”There are a couple reasons that new grads find salary negotiations so formidable, says Janelle Sallenave, Chime’s chief spending officer.Many new grads have rarely, if ever, had to negotiate a job offer before: “It’s not something that one does…

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President Donald Trump arrives with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) for a House Republican meeting at the U.S. Capitol on May 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump on Tuesday warned House Republicans, “Don’t f— around with Medicaid,” as he pressed them during a closed-door meeting to pass a major tax bill, a source told CNBC.Trump’s blunt message came during a visit to Capitol Hill.Movement on the tax bill has been hampered by a small number of Trump’s fellow Republicans in the House of Representatives.Those lawmakers include Republicans from New York and California…

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Elon MusK, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., speaks via video link at the Qatar Economic Forum (QEF) in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Christopher Pike | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesElon Musk on Tuesday said he plans to spend “a lot less” on political donations in the future, signaling a change in attitude from President Donald Trump’s top campaign backer.Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and the head of the government-slashing initiative DOGE, spent more than $250 million helping Trump win a second White House term.But when asked at the Qatar Economic Forum if he will continue…

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At just 22 years old, Marco and Javier have plenty of time to figure out their financial lives — and they’re already making great strides.”This couple is young, and they are disciplined in a way that I have not seen before,” self-made millionaire and money expert Ramit Sethi said about the pair on a recent episode of his “Money for Couples” podcast. Their last names were not used.With a combined pre-tax income of around $157,000 a year and over $68,000 invested for retirment, they’ve set up a solid financial foundation for themselves, even while living in New York. But that…

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