People with certain federal student loans have until Tuesday to consolidate them and qualify for debt cancellation. The Department of Education is reviewing over 40 million loan accounts and issuing credit for past payments that previously didn’t count toward forgiveness. Also in this episode: a look at the latest inflation reading, Americans’ savings habits and pop-up coworking spaces.
Revised 1st-quarter GDP shows slower growth
Breaking Ground: Change isn’t coming — it’s here
What could happen if Israel severs banking ties with the Palestinian economy
Why’s my coffee so expensive?
For female workers, an ailing feeling about financial health
Bad housing news comes in threes
Accommodations for long COVID
The complexity of succession planning
The future of dining
“The granddaddy of all stock indices”
Walmart, Wayfair and . . . wool?
The inflation cooldown we’ve been waiting for?
Biden hits Chinese goods with new tariffs
Consumer sentiment slumps
Is the U.S. ready to be a chipmaking superpower?
Democracy is critical to prosperity, Treasury secretary says
Rents outpace wages in big cities across the U.S.
A little more time for Social Security and Medicare funds
Do you like your job?
Why government benefits are likely to stick around
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