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7 tips to help dig your way out of debt

Getting rid of debt is a goal many Americans have. Not only does eliminating debt improve your financial health, but it is also likely to have a positive impact on your mental health. Assessing your outstanding balances, selecting a debt payoff strategy, and formulating a game plan are good starting points for getting out of debt once and for all. Once you have a clear view of what you owe, ...
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Do you have too much debt?

According to Bankrate’s 2025 Money and Mental Health Survey, almost half of U.S. adults (47%) say that money has a negative impact on their mental health. Nearly half (47%) of those say debt is one of the leading causes of this negative impact.

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Trump claims prices are down. Here’s what the data actually shows.

President Donald Trump has insisted that prices are falling, even as consumers continually express concern about the economy. He has repeatedly attacked Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell for not lowering interest rates to offset the effects of his trade war. At the same time, he has dismissed concerns about inflation, claiming that “costs are down” and that there is “virtually NO INFLATION.”
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An $80 billion UAE firm is wooing Trump and luring Wall Street

Even by Abu Dhabi’s standards, the recent rush of investment bankers is unprecedented. Wall Street giants from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to Morgan Stanley are courting the hottest new player in town: An $80 billion spinoff from the state oil company that wants to double in size over the coming decade.
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Cosmetics are a U.S. manufacturing success story. Tariffs pose a threat.

Only a few months ago, Interparfums co-founder Jean Madar didn’t give two thoughts about tariffs, much less how they could upend his $1.4 billion perfume business.Now, he and his team are having daily “war room” meetings about levies as the company pushes to reconfigure its supply chain to reduce its exposure to what the chief executive calls the “total roller coaster” of U.S. trade policy.