June 2023

My wife and I are both 54 years old. I am the primary earner with a six-figure salary and equal bonus opportunity. My wife works part time for extra income. For the purposes of this, we can assume that our primary savings vehicle is my bonus, and that we live…

TOKYO — The Bank of Japan kept its ultra-low interest rates unchanged Friday, affirming Gov. Kazuo Ueda’s policy of trying to nurture sustainable inflation. The BOJ decided to maintain its cap on the 10-year Japanese government bond yield at 0.5% and kept short-term interest rates at minus 0.1%. The yield…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is cracking down on misleading meat labels. The USDA says it will collect samples from animals that will be marketed to consumers as “raised without antibiotics” or meat labeled “no antibiotics ever” to make sure the marketing claims and labels are accurate. The outcome of…

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My husband and I have been together for six years, and we have made some good and, yes, some bad financial choices in that time. The early years of our relationship and marriage were the honeymoon years. We traveled a lot. We spent a lot of money on restaurants and…

President Joe Biden on Thursday announced efforts to crack down on so-called junk fees — hidden or obscure fees that surprise consumers when they’re buying everything from airline and concert tickets to booking hotels and Airbnb rentals.Executives from Live Nation LYV, +3.74%, Ticketmaster, Seatgeek, Airbnb ABNB, +2.17% and other companies…

Corporate leaders appear to be excited about the revolutionary potential of artificial intelligence. And their employees? Not so much.It’s no surprise, perhaps, that 62% of bosses in a recent Boston Consulting Group survey said they felt optimistic about AI’s impact on work, while only 42% of employees said they felt…

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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic disclosed Thursday he made multiple trades before a Fed meeting last year, despite being prohibited from doing so. According to an annual financial disclosure released Thursday, a money manager for Bostic and his spouse made transactions involving 19 exchange-traded funds on May…