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By Jill Schlesinger
As we enter the homestretch for 2022, consumers, investors and Federal Reserve officials are saying “Good Riddance!” With 40 business days to go before we can close the chapter on the year,
By Jill Schlesinger
Inflation continues to be the biggest problem confronting the U.S. economy.
The September Consumer Price Index showed that headline prices were up by 8.2 percent from a year ago,
By Jill Schlesinger
“Jill, when I hear politicians talking about the middle class, what do they mean?”
To answer this question, it’s worth tracing the roots of the term.
By Jill Schlesinger
When my 98-year-old mother in-law passed away this month, I thought back to the first time I met her.
It was Christmas 2002 and as I was walking into my future sister-in-law’s house,
By Jill Schlesinger
The post-COVID labor market recovery is like this summer’s weather: SCORCHING.
The government reported that 528,000 jobs were created in July, more than twice the consensus estimate.
By Jill Schlesinger
In honor of the 85th anniversary of the first time that the U.S. government collected taxes for Social Security — and, more importantly, made lump-sum payments to retirees (President Franklin D.
By Jill Schlesinger
After hearing three stories about home sales that blew up within days of closing, I figured that it was time to check in on what’s going on in residential real estate this summer.
By Jill Schlesinger
Despite the hand-wringing over a coming recession and sentiment levels dropping to all-time lows, the June employment report showed that the U.S. economy is alive and well.
By Jill Schlesinger
It’s been a heck of a six months for investors. Given that you can’t control markets, let’s try to manage those matters over which you can exert agency –
By Jill Schlesinger
When the government released March inflation data, it showed that prices increased by 8.5 percent from a year ago, the fastest pace since December 1981.