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Peopleimages | Istock | Getty Images Social Security beneficiaries will soon get notices showing exactly how much money to expect in their monthly checks for 2024. Those recipients are slated to get a 3.2% boost to their benefits starting in January with the 2024 annual cost-of-living adjustment. Retirement benefits are expected to go up by

Arik Armstead of the San Francisco 49ers at the NFC Championship game against the Philadelphia Eagles on Jan. 29, 2023. Kevin Sabitus | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images It’s no secret that professional athletes are often higher earners — but one football player revealed his pay stub on social media to show how much

Morsa Images | Digitalvision | Getty Images Costs for some key health insurance components have slowed for workers in recent years. While the deceleration is a positive trend, many workers likely still find current prices unaffordable, experts said. “Yes, it’s slowed,” said Carolyn McClanahan, a physician and certified financial planner, and founder of Life Planning

Turner worker working on drill bit in a workshop Rainstar | E+ | Getty Images The Social Security retirement age is currently moving to age 67, and some lawmakers have called for pushing it even higher. But that may be a problem for a certain cohort: older workers in physically demanding jobs, according to a

Jobseekers wait in line at a Nov. 2, 2023 career fair in Los Angeles. Frederic J. Brown | Afp | Getty Images The job market continues to show signs of cooling, but alarm bells aren’t ringing just yet, economists said. The U.S. economy added 150,000 jobs in October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported

A man walks by the Bank of America headquarters in New York on July 18, 2023. Eduardo Munoz | View Press | Getty Images Customers at several big banks on Friday wrestled with direct deposit delays stemming from an industry-wide processing issue. There was a surge of “outages” reported by banking customers Friday morning, including

Richard Stephen | Istock | Getty Images If you’ve applied for Social Security disability benefits and are still waiting for an answer, you’re not alone. “For the first time in history, more than 1 million people are waiting on the Social Security Administration to process their initial disability claim,” said Rep. Drew Ferguson, R-Ga., chair

Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona answers questions during the daily briefing at the White House Aug. 5, 2021. Win McNamee | Getty Images As student loan bills restarted in October for tens of millions of Americans, the companies that service those loans made errors that potentially violate federal and state consumer protection laws. In

This month, more than 200,000 first-generation American and low- and middle-income high school seniors will receive something unexpected: proactive college acceptance letters. As part of a strategy aimed at expanding college access, roughly 1 in 8 first-year students with a Common App account will get at least one offer of admission before they even apply.

In this article ZIP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Filadendron | E+ | Getty Images Applying to multiple job openings can increase your chances of landing a new gig. However, if you’re thinking of sending out what one economist called a “firehose of applications” all at once and then just waiting for responses, think

Fotostorm | E+ | Getty Images Morgan Lindsay didn’t mind that student loan bills were resuming in the fall. She’d applied for a new repayment plan over the summer, and her calculated monthly bill came to $0. But then, on Sept. 11, she found that her servicer, Mohela, or the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority,

Andresr | E+ | Getty Images The IRS has announced new 2024 investor contribution limits for 401(k) plans, individual retirement accounts and other retirement accounts. The employee contribution limit for 401(k) plans is increasing to $23,000 in 2024, up from $22,500 in 2023, and catch-up contributions for savers age 50 and older will remain unchanged