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  • Worker at laptopSuccess

    The American worker’s wage floor hits a record close to $79,000—and college graduates want nearly 6 figures

    By Alex Tanzi and Bloomberg
  • Waltham, MA – May 20: Bentley University graduates listen to the commencement ceremony. (Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)Personal Finance

    Millions of Americans will get slammed with a $500 monthly ‘payment shock’ when student loans restart, study finds

    By Alex Tanzi and Bloomberg
  • A woman wearing a mask loads items into a Uhaul moving truck.Success

    So few people are willing to relocate for a new job that it just hit a record low. Hybrid work and high mortgage rates are to blame

    By Alex Tanzi and Bloomberg
  • Salesforce TowerFinance

    Remote work gains momentum despite return-to-office mandates from high-profile CEOs

    By Alex Tanzi, Matthew Boyle, and others
  • Young woman buying diary product and reading food label in grocery store.Finance

    Americans are still bracing for high inflation and they’re losing hope that their wages will keep up

    By Alex Tanzi and Bloomberg
  • A woman staring at her computer looking worried.Personal Finance

    Side Hustle Nation: The number of Americans working multiple gigs to just pay the bills is nearly double what we thought

    By Alex Tanzi and Bloomberg
  • Nicor workers Larry Voight, from left, Mike Jourdan and Dylan Klatt work on placing the yellow gas line underground at a new subdivision in Aurora, Illinois, on Nov. 2, 2022. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)Personal Finance

    The supersized wage growth of the pandemic era is slowing, new report finds. Here’s what to expect in 2023

    By Alex Tanzi and Bloomberg
  • Remote worker

    U.S. business is preparing for a remote work revolution

    By Alex Tanzi and Bloomberg
  • New York City skyline

    New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles among most-populated U.S. cities to fall behind in job recovery

    By Alex Tanzi and Bloomberg
  • People wear face masks as they wait in line to attend a job fair for employment with SoFi Stadium and Los Angeles International Airport employers, at SoFi Stadium on September 9, 2021, in Inglewood, California. – Fewer Americans made new claims for unemployment benefits last week than at any point since the Covid-19 pandemic began, according to government data released on September 9, the latest sign of progress in the job market following last year’s mass layoffs. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    Poverty in the U.S. rose last year amid COVID pandemic says Census Bureau

    By Jill R. Shah, Alex Tanzi, and others
  • COLMA, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 24: Used vehicles are parked on the sales lot at a CarMax superstore on September 24, 2020 in Colma, California. CarMax reported a better-than-expected 28 percent surge in second quarter earnings with revenues of $5.37 billion. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

    Pandemic demand for used cars have contributed to the recent spike in U.S. inflation

    By Alex Tanzi and Bloomberg
  • Baboonie Tatum, owner of the Rise and Grind Cafe, checks on employee Tejan Neal (L) inside her coffee shop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on August 15, 2020. – Tatum’s shop is located inside Sherman Phoenix, a commercial gallery for black small business owners which was conceived after 2016 riots against police violence. This November, black voters in Wisconsin’s biggest city Milwaukee could play a key role in whether Joe Biden denies Trump a second term in office. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)Careers

    Black neighborhoods in the U.S. saw an increase in startup creation during the pandemic, a new study explains

    By Alex Tanzi and Bloomberg
  • A clothing store advertises that they are hiring in Annapolis, Maryland, on May 12, 2021. – US consumer inflation surged 4.2 percent last month compared to April 2020, the Labor Department said May 12, 2021, posting the biggest year-on-year increase since 2008 as the economy recovered from the pandemic. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    A new study highlights that one in three U.S. workers changed or lost jobs in the past year

    By Alex Tanzi and Bloomberg
  • As the national debt grows, it becomes cheaper for the U.S. to service.Finance

    America’s $20 trillion debt is getting cheaper as it grows

    By Liz Capo McCormick, Alex Tanzi, and others
  • Lighting designers Michael Dimsey (L) and Jay Branson wait to participate in an event to raise awareness and support for out-of-work colleagues in Las Vegas’s entertainment industry, decimated by the COVID-19 pandemic.Finance

    The U.S. economy is shedding over 1 million jobs per week. They won’t come back for years, the IRS says

    By Laura Davison, Alex Tanzi, and others