New federal data shows that median weekly earnings among full-time workers in the third quarter of 2026 rose 1.5% compared with the same period in 2025. The gain was ...

The federal minimum wage sits at $7.25 per hour, unchanged since July 24, 2009. If you work full time at that rate (40 hours weekly for 52 weeks), you earn $15,080 annually before taxes. That's ...

Inflation is still running too hot for comfort. Should you adjust your stock portfolio?

Inflation is once again outpacing wage growth and eroding workers’ purchasing power. In August, consumer prices rose 3.4% from a year earlier, compared with 3.1% wage growth. April of this year was a ...

Inflation has been eating away at Americans' paychecks this year. For most of the past six months, inflation has been beating wage growth, which fell in August to the slowest pace since the pandemic, ...