Across the country, the prospect of home ownership is slipping out of reach for the ordinary buyer. The affordability gap — an estimate of the difference between an area’s median household income and ...

Ms. Waldman’s forthcoming novel, “Help Wanted,” takes place in a big-box store. Back in 2018, with an eye to writing a novel about low-wage work in America, I got a job at a big-box store near the ...

The median emergency fund balance in the U.S. is $10,000, according to a recent survey by U.S. News. A $10,000 emergency fund balance is enough if your nondiscretionary monthly spending is $3,333 or ...

Generations of consumers have embraced homeownership as part of the American dream. Lately, though, it looks more like a pipe dream. “Housing is becoming a luxury good,” said Christopher Mayer, a ...

It’s the most transparent estimate yet from one of the big AI companies, and a long-awaited peek behind the curtain for researchers. Google has just released a technical report detailing how much ...