Mar 28, 2025 – Another ill-considered rule written by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is going to be deep-sixed after the Senate voted … He also issued a rule that would force credit reporting agencies to leave off medical debt from credit reports.…

Mar 11, 2025 – Consumer spending is driven in large part by cheap imports from a country that hates us. …  Getting over our addiction to new debt will be painful.…

Feb 19, 2025 – Debt Clock, DOGE has already saved us over $113 billion.Not a bad start for less than a month of work. … This isn't mere pocket change; it's a spark for consumer spending and an incentive for people to reenter the workforce. … For millions burdened by debt, this could provide the fresh start they need, easing financial strain and boosting their ability to…

Mar 10, 2025 – bureaucrats.President Trump ordered the termination of all federal Fake News media contracts.The Trump Administration ordered the Consumer … Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino agreed to withdraw from the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative, a debt-trap…

Feb 2, 2025 –   Anyway, Verizon partnered with ForgiveCo and made the decision to forgive $10 million worth of debt held by 6,500 hurricane … The debt relief was implemented by ForgiveCo, whose “random acts of kindness” model purchases consumer debt in the affected areas,…

Jan 16, 2025 – That's not going to grant much relief to mortgage shoppers, but it may ease some consumer credit for bank cards and auto loans.CNBC … But for those carrying a balance from month to month, “borrowers need to press on with debt-repayment efforts,” McBride said.…

Jan 7, 2025 – Not so much for the rest of us.Medical debt, like all other debt, is money borrowed from someone else. …  The White House argues that medical debt should be treated differently than other kinds of debt incurred from overspending such … medical debt is different because, unlike too much credit card debt or taking on "too much house," medical debt is not optional.…

Dec 24, 2024 – We all want worker safety, a clean environment and consumer protections, but in too many cases the costs of regulations far outweigh … We can use the royalty payments and leases to reduce our national debt while creating hundreds of thousands of jobs.5.…

Dec 9, 2024 – Americans want a more balanced economic approach — one that emphasizes reasonable regulations, narrows government oversight, puts consumer … has shown continued support for federal agencies, such as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Department of Justice (DOJ), and Consumer … roll out similarly ill-thought-out actions that could negatively impact consumers, such as its proposals on junk fees and medical debt…

Dec 5, 2024 – taxes on spirits to remove this abused tax provision from the tax code.Related: 'Made in China' Is the Latest Pretext to Curb Consumer … This is a staggering amount of money that either should be returned to consumers by abolishing the excise tax or used to pay down debt…

Oct 4, 2024 – It was a busy two days on the student loan debt relief front. … On Wednesday, one federal court in Georgia allowed Biden's $73 billion scheme to magically wipe out debt to move forward after removing … “Allowing Defendants to eliminate the student loan debt at issue here would prevent this Court, the U.S.…

Sep 19, 2024 – Shares of consumer-lending companies slid this past week after executives raised warnings about lower-income borrowers who are struggling … Credit card debt is at record highs. Delinquencies are on the rise, too — for housing, autos, and credit cards.…

Sep 19, 2024 – industry with the vengeful surcharge, adding approximately $10,000 in annual operating costs per truck, an expense passed on to the consumer … climate one discernible jot, though it will serve to impoverish the people and place future generations under a crushing burden of debt…

Aug 23, 2024 – That’s because lower borrowing costs will provide relief for the housing market and boost share prices, with corporate debt costs set …  “I see a strong consumer,” said Michael Strain, director of economic policy studies at the conservative American Enterprise Institut…

Aug 16, 2024 – Wall Street Journal:The handouts discouraged the unemployed from returning to work and fueled consumer spending, which was already … also boosted food stamps, expanded eligibility for ObamaCare subsidies and waved away hundreds of billions of dollars in student debt…

May 22, 2024 – after making similar allegations about Biden’s attempt to forgive hundreds of billions of dollars in federally owned student loan debt … Overall consumer costs have climbed 20%, which, of course, is a problem for his reelection campaign.…

May 14, 2024 – The worst form of debt is credit card debt. It is easier to put the plastic down than fork over the green. … The power of compound interest on that debt is ignored. … could lift the cross of debt from millions of Americans.…

May 1, 2024 – chaos at the border, our military's botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, the rising cost of living, our unsustainable record-high debt … I learned that as a consumer reporter watching bureaucrats regulate business. …         "With a free market," Stringham replies, "The consumer votes every single day with the dollar.…

Apr 12, 2024 – Workers Say Inflation Outpaced IncomeThe Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures the costs of what is supposed to be a representative … Inflation is causing Americans to use up savings and increasingly rack up credit card debt to meet expenses, a situation that is both … risky and unsustainable.Related: Trucker Warns That the Biden Administration Is Destroying a Vital IndustryCredit card debt in…

Apr 12, 2024 –  If people are carrying debt to compensate for steeper prices, they could end up paying more for items in the long run. … and $8,124 in interest to pay off the debt making the minimum payments. … And if you can't pay your bill on time, perhaps you've taken on too much debt and whose fault is that?…

Aug 4, 2023 – “The lifting of Covid-19 pandemic curbs has been followed by an unusual bout of falling consumer prices instead of a surge. … A drop … records for spending and deficits… The biggest increase in outlays so far this year has been net interest on the soaring federal debt…

Aug 1, 2023 – “Now [Yellow’s] debt service is just enormous.” … Over the years, Yellow gobbled up many of its competitors in ambitious mergers, which also meant taking on the debt that those companies … “This could mean longer lead times, potential delivery delays, and increased costs — all of which could be passed on to the consumer…

Aug 9, 2023 – Bob Iger might be prepping his company for a buyout — and the Hollywood Reporter rumor mill speculates that the buyer could be consumer … But, yes, Apple could gain a controlling interest in Disney without taking on massive debt.…

May 12, 2021 – It destroys real income in order to reduce the real cost of debt service — until creditors revolt, and demand an extra risk premium … There’s worse to come, as higher housing costs feed into consumer prices. … There’s worse to come, as higher housing costs feed into consumer prices.…

May 26, 2021 – Including debt, the value of the deal is $8.45 billion, Amazon said. … I am a big consumer of the streaming services.…