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Six-figure salaries aren’t cutting it: Even high-earners are feeling the pinch right now and shopping at budget grocery stores
By Emma BurleighAugust 1, 2025
Happy American couple in Italy
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Americans are eyeing up €1 homes in Europe to escape the broken economy—no Visa needed, but it’s not all dolce vita
By Emma BurleighJuly 11, 2025
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SINKs need to earn at least $81,000 to live comfortably in America’s cheapest state—the most expensive require an $120,000 salary 
By Eleanor PringleJune 9, 2025
Worried young woman on her phone.
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Gen Zers are so terrified of a recession that they’re ditching doom spending, ordering Happy Meals, and using ChatGPT for free therapy
By Emma BurleighApril 21, 2025
Worker cleaning medical equipment.
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Gen Z can earn $70,000 a year and enter the AI-proof medical field without a college degree—all they have to do is learn how to sterilize surgical equipment
By Emma BurleighApril 18, 2025
Young woman disappointed on her phone.
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Gen Z Americans say the clothes in stores are a bad omen that we’re going into a recession
By Emma BurleighMarch 31, 2025
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Families are being paid $5,000 to move to small towns in states like Indiana and escape a cost of living crisis in big cities
By Preston ForeMarch 16, 2025
Nurse works from home.
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Here are the top 10 side hustles that still allow you to work from home and earn up to $56 an hour—as firms like AT&T ban it
By Emma BurleighJanuary 20, 2025
Woman with dog at dog store.
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Gen Z are becoming pet parents because they can’t afford human babies—now veterinarian is one of the hottest jobs of 2025, says Indeed
By Emma BurleighJanuary 14, 2025
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Nearly a quarter of baby boomer and late Gen X men are ‘unretiring’ or planning to because they can’t afford to kick up their feet in the current climate
By Orianna Rosa RoyleNovember 29, 2024
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Retail
Nestlé’s price rises went ‘too far,’ burdening consumers and ultimately turning them away, chairman admits
By Prarthana PrakashNovember 27, 2024
Greece grinds to a halt: Thousands go on general strike over rising cost of living
Retail
Greece grinds to a halt: Thousands go on general strike over rising cost of living
By AFPNovember 20, 2024
Hiring manager greets group of applicants.
Leadership
Salary is just the beginning—here’s how to craft a compensation package that workers really want
By Emma BurleighOctober 24, 2024
Portrait of smiling young woman with casserole in the kitchen
Lifestyle
Gen Z is making casseroles go viral on TikTok, and inflation’s to blame
By The Associated Press and Shruthi Baskaran-Makanju, Food Drink LifeOctober 21, 2024
A for sale sign is displayed outside of a home for sale on August 16, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
Finance
US consumer sentiment unexpectedly falls on high cost of living
By Augusta Saraiva and BloombergOctober 11, 2024
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