Financial stress among consumers will soon be at an all-time high, according to the National Foundation for Credit Counseling’s Q1 2026 Financial Stress Forecast. That’s due to high levels of consumer ...

Megan Cerullo is a New York-based reporter for CBS MoneyWatch covering small business, workplace, health care, consumer spending and personal finance topics. She regularly appears on CBS News 24/7 to ...

US stocks closed higher with the S&P 500 hitting a record as AI-driven momentum lifted tech and semiconductor shares. Nasdaq also advanced, supported by strong chip gains led by Micron’s surge to a $1 ...

Trump Accounts are long-term investment accounts created to help children begin building financial security early in life.

The Trump Account app will be the main interface and allows users to sign up and receive updates ahead of the program's ...

Senate Republicans on Wednesday shot down more than a dozen measures backed by Democrats to undo the Trump administration’s dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Democrats ...

Financial resilience is a measure of household preparedness for economic challenges. This monthly composite index measures the financial resilience of Americans in a five question survey conducted by ...

Higher gasoline prices and the tense standoff in the Middle East helped push consumer sentiment to a new all-time low in May, with rising anxiety about future inflation, according to the University of ...

Consumer sentiment has fallen to the lowest it has ever been amid a renewed wave of inflation resulting from spiking energy prices. Consumer sentiment fell to 44.8, down from 49.8 in April, according ...

Section 1. Policy. The United States is a global leader in financial innovation, driven in part by the rapid growth of financial technology (fintech) firms. These firms provide innovative services and ...

The Trump Accounts app allows parents to open new tax-preferred investment accounts for their children, including a $1,000 government contribution.

The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index has recently hit all-time lows. It's one of several consumer opinion surveys showing a structural breakdown in how Americans view the economy.