Jamie Grill | Getty Images It may not be the season’s new hot toy, but gifting a child money toward college could have a more lasting impact. Daniel Trujillo, 39, a certified public accountant in Albuquerque, New Mexico, said he was blown away when his friend suggested putting money into a college savings account in
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How Do Import Tariffs Affect Exports? | Tax Foundation Skip to content Home • Blog • How Do Import Tariffs Affect Exports? In his first term, President Donald Trump began a trade war by imposing nearly $80 billion worth of new import taxes, or tariffs, on a broad range of goods Americans buy from overseas
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The U.S. Department of Education announced additional details about the rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid for the upcoming year, which may address some of the issues that plagued last year’s college aid application cycle. The 2025-26 FAFSA will be available to limited groups of students in a series of beta
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Workers in July 2019 expand a mine in Germany intended to increase supplies of tungsten and fluorspar.  Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images BEIJING — U.S. government researchers recently visited a South Korean mine to assess progress towards boosting supply of a critical metal called tungsten from areas outside China, the mine operator
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Images By Tang Ming Tung | Digitalvision | Getty Images Employers are increasingly putting workers’ 401(k) plan savings on autopilot. But the positive impact of automated retirement savings is more muted than initially thought, new research finds. Previously “underexamined” factors — like workers cashing out 401(k) balances when they leave a job — “meaningfully reduce”
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Raising Federal Revenues: 10 Less Harmful Options Skip to content Home • Blog • 10 Less Harmful Ways of Raising Federal Revenues The next president and Congress face two fiscal challenges in 2025 that may require finding new sources of revenues. First, the debt ceiling must be raised in early 2025, forcing decisions about how
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Mortgage rates fell last week for the fourth straight week, but neither current homeowners nor homebuyers seemed particularly impressed. Total mortgage application volume rose just 0.5% last week compared to the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances
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