Orna Guralnik Source: Showtime Not long after I began working as a personal finance reporter at CNBC in 2018, I started psychoanalysis. The form of therapy had long intrigued me, with the intensity of its three sessions a week and its search for answers among our dreams and pasts. Because I’d heard that psychoanalysis was
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Protestors take part in a May Day demonstration on Rennes, France, on May 1, 2023. Damien Meyer | Afp | Getty Images An increase in pension retirement age to 64 from 62 in France has sparked ongoing protests. The U.S. could be poised for a similar change with the Social Security retirement age. That shift
Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Alexander Spatari | Moment | Getty Images The following is an excerpt from “This week, your wallet,” a weekly audio show on Twitter produced by CNBC’s Personal Finance team. Listen to the latest episode here. Costs have been off the charts this year for many aspects of travel. Why? Americans are
Hero Images | Hero Images | Getty Images Whether you’re building an emergency fund or short-term savings, finding the best place for your cash isn’t easy — especially as the Federal Reserve weighs a pause in interest rate hikes. The central bank on Wednesday unveiled another quarter percentage point interest rate increase, with signals that
Getty Images If you’re one of the millions of taxpayers who paid for TurboTax when the filing software should have been free, you may soon receive a settlement check, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on Thursday. TurboTax owner Intuit in May 2022 agreed to pay $141 million to lower-income Americans who were “unfairly
Fotostorm | E+ | Getty Images Fears of an upcoming recession and high inflation may be weighing most heavily on single women, according to a financial advisor who works with that demographic. “In times of inflation, the cost of everything goes up, including rent, utility bills, groceries and health care,” said certified financial planner Cathy
Rawf8 | Istock | Getty Images Higher education often costs more than most families can afford. A new report by NerdWallet shows the high school class of 2023 is facing a little more than $37,000 in student loan debt to receive a college bachelor’s degree. Tuition and fees plus room and board for a four-year
The U.S. may default on its debt within a month — an event that could threaten severe financial harm for American households and the economy at large, experts warn. To avoid that outcome, lawmakers are trying to find a path forward to raise or suspend the debt ceiling, which would enable the U.S. to pay
Thomas_eyedesign | E+ | Getty Images This story is part of CNBC’s College Money Guide 2023, a series to help students and recent graduates understand their money and start their adult life off on a solid financial path. Buying your first car as an adult is always a little daunting. But trying to buy in
Fatcamera | E+ | Getty Images Now that a pandemic-era policy that guaranteed Medicaid enrollees wouldn’t be dropped from their coverage has come to an end, affected parents may be worried about how to keep their children insured. Under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, states were required to provide continuous Medicaid coverage to enrollees in order
Fotostorm | E+ | Getty Images Most Americans nearing retirement expect Social Security to be their biggest source of income. Yet many of those people, ranging in age from 55 to 65, are unaware of the basics about the program, according to new research from MassMutual. About 43% of the 1,500 people surveyed do not
Some consider April 5 equal pay day for Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander women, marking the point into the new year that the average AAPI woman has to work to make the same pay white men earned in 2022. In other words, an AAPI woman has to work 15 months to earn what