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Your Tax Refund Could Be Taken if You’ve Defaulted on Student Loans: What to Know
The Education Department reversed course and announced on Friday that it would delay aggressive efforts to collect what was owed on student loans.
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How to Prevent Aging Parents and Relatives from Making Financial Mistakes
Getting family members to listen to you when you think they are headed down a dangerous financial path can be difficult. But there are preventive steps you can take.
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No One’s Buying? Maybe Consumers Are Just ‘Choiceful,’ Executives Say.
A new way to characterize unenthusiastic consumers has overtaken earnings calls.
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Tips for Lowering Your Credit Card Interest Rate
The first step, consumer finance experts say, is to ask your card issuer to reduce the rate. And with average balances now $6,500, consider using your tax refund to put a dent in the debt.
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Your ‘Safe’ Stock Funds May Be Riskier Than You Think
The U.S. stock market has become so concentrated that even broad index funds are no longer well diversified, our columnist says.
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How Fed Rate Decisions Affect Mortgages, Credit Cards, Auto Loans and More
The central bank’s policy stance can influence consumer savings and borrowing, from car financing to home equity loans. Here’s how it works.
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Low Rates Sound Great. But a Trump Fed Could Cause a Painful ‘Sugar High.’
Dropping rates more than conditions warrant would stimulate the economy in the short term but could lead to trouble, our columnist says.
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What to Know About New Rules for 401(k) ‘Catch-Up’ Contributions in 2026
Older high-income workers who make contributions beyond the standard amount will have to put that extra money into a Roth 401(k). That may lower their take-home pay.
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Two Ohio Nursing Programs Show What Could Happen as US Limits Student Borrowing
Two different nursing school programs in Ohio offer a glimpse into what may happen when federal student borrowing has limits.
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What Do Young Travelers Want? Exclusive Experiences.
More millennials and Gen Z-ers are planning trips around experiences, and the industry is responding with concerts, dinners and V.I.P. events.
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WestJet Backpedals on Economy Seats That Don’t Recline
WestJet, Canada’s second-largest carrier, backpedaled on a new seating plan after videos of crammed travelers went viral on social media.
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Trump Administration Delays Forced Collections on Student Loan Defaults
The Education Department has temporarily paused a plan to seize tax refunds and begin garnishing the wages of borrowers who have defaulted on their student loans.
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What’s Next for Cuba, Now That Its Main Oil Supplier Is Gone?
The Soviet Union was Cuba’s benefactor for decades. Venezuela took up the slack, and Mexico has supplied “humanitarian aid.†But the world is changing rapidly, our columnist says.
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Bilt Launches New Credit Cards With Mortgage and Rent Rewards: What to Know
Bilt, a rewards start-up, has new credit cards that help users earn points for housing payments. It rebooted the program after a shambolic rollout.
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How a Puzzling 401(k) Plan Changed One Woman’s Life
Eryn Schultz was an H-E-B grocery store leader with an M.B.A. A slow pivot toward a big career change began when she found her retirement plan wanting.
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How to Make, and Keep, New Year’s Financial Resolutions
Experts offered a variety of suggestions, including paring your list of goals, making saving automatic and avoiding spending temptations like marketing emails.
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Will Stock Markets Sizzle Into 2026?
Returns have been fabulous but consider the potential for setbacks in this already hazardous year, our columnist says.
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Travel Loyalty Programs Woo Fickle Customers With Members-Only Experiences
Travel loyalty programs are competing for customers with members-only experiences like backstage tours, exclusive dinners and access to V.I.P. areas.
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More Student Loan Borrowers Are Shedding Debts in Bankruptcy
A new study suggests that distressed borrowers using a simpler bankruptcy process are succeeding — and that more people like them should try.
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Crypto for Christmas? Gen Z-ers Are Cautiously Open to the Idea.
Despite recent volatility in the crypto market, younger generations are still open to receiving digital currencies as gifts.
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