If you are seeking interesting books for the holiday season, consider the following options that have stuck with me throughout the year.
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Just two days before the U.S. was set to impose another round of tariffs on China, the world’s two largest economies agreed upon a partial deal.
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Remember way back in August, when economists and investors were gnashing their teeth about a looming recession? For the last three months, economic data have mostly improved, underscored by the just-released boffo November jobs report.
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It’s that time of year, when we start to give thanks in our words, deeds and actions. While total charitable giving increased last year, when adjusted for inflation, it slipped by 1.7 percent to an estimated $427 billion.
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As Thanksgiving fast approaches, the holiday spending projections are coming out of the woodwork. Estimates range from a 3.5 to 5.5 percent increase over last year’s results, despite the fact that the 2019 holiday season is compressed.
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year, time to make money saving and headache-preventing moves before we roll into 2020.
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The IRS finally announced new limits on everything from income ranges of tax brackets to retirement plan contributions for tax year 2020. Some 60 provisions are affected, including the limits for employer based retirement plans.
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It’s that time of year, when you are confronted by open enrollment nudges from your employer and in some cases, from the government. The choices can be dizzying, so to help you make more informed decisions, let’s break it out into broad categories.
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Late last week, we learned that the U.S. budget deficit widened to $984.4 billion in the fiscal year ending September 30, its highest level in seven years. The Trump administration and the Congressional Budget Office expect the deficit to rise over $1 trillion in the 2020 budget year, which began October 1 and the CBO estimates that the deficit will stay above $1 trillion over the next decade.
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