They don’t get paid enough to keep up with the soaring cost of living, a new USA TODAY/SurveyMonkey Workforce survey says.

Despite easing inflation, rent, groceries, utilities, healthcare and some essentials stay stubbornly expensive. See the top ...

Pay-advance apps are marketed as a way to help workers living paycheck to paycheck pay for unexpected expenses, but workers are often using the apps to manage basic expenses like groceries, rent and ...

A living wage calculator from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology reveals how much a worker needs to bring home to afford basic living expenses in Fresno County, California. Does your paycheck ...

We hear a lot about how challenging sticking to a budget can be, particularly when we’re new to the process, but we don’t often hear about how challenging it can be to adhere to a budget that just isn ...

As many Americans become more reliant on credit to buy essentials such as food and medicine, they are finding access to needed funds increasingly challenging and are becoming more distrust of the ...

New housing under construction in New Hampshire, March 2023. Housing was found to be the main expense squeezing families. The median household income in New Hampshire falls nearly $2000 short of ...

Cuyahoga County is engaging in what Today in Ohio podcast hosts call “voodoo” economics by banking on inflation-driven consumer spending to rescue its troubled budget—a risky strategy that overlooks ...