Category: Budgets and Budgeting

How Much Do People Pay for Newsletters Like Substack? It Can Be Surprising.

More people are spending money on newsletters from their favorite writers. They’re also having trouble keeping track of how many they subscribe to.
Harvard’s War With Trump Forces Question of How Endowments Should Be Spent

The Trump administration’s war on elite universities has forced them to consider whether it’s ever worth dipping into the trust.
How to Talk to Your Children About Money in These Uncertain Times

Children may not understand the stock market or inflation, but they can pick up on their parents’ financial worries. Experts offer advice on dealing with the subject.
Gen Z Re-Evaluates Their Budgets as a Global Trade War Rages

Some young adults with disposable incomes for the first time in their lives are trying to make sense of how tariffs are affecting how they should save and spend.
A Cheapskate in London: Travel on a Budget

Our Frugal Travel columnist took a budget-stretching, four-day trip to one of the world’s most expensive cities. Would chasing bargains lessen, or enhance, her experience?
Tariff Confusion and Recession Fears Leave Advertisers ‘Paralyzed’

Hundreds of billions of marketing dollars are in flux as companies struggle to plan. For some sectors, the timing “couldn’t be worse.”
White House to Ask Congress to Rescind $1.1 Billion From NPR and PBS

Trump administration officials want legislators to rescind $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides some support for public media.
Reworked U.S.-Ukraine Minerals Deal Proposal: What to Know

Officials in Kyiv say the country cannot possibly accept the proposal and that new negotiations would be needed. But they have not rejected it outright, which would anger the White House.
What Germany’s Election Result Means for Its Economy

The next German government faces calls to loosen borrowing rules, slash energy costs and spur innovation. It won’t be easy.
E.V. Owners Don’t Pay Gas Taxes. So, Many States Are Charging Them Fees.

States are using higher registration fees for electric cars to make up for declining fuel taxes, but some are punitive, environmentalists say. A federal tax could be coming.
Soaring Bond Yields Put U.K. Government’s Economic Plan at Risk

Investors are demanding sharply higher yields on government bonds, threatening to upend the Labour Party’s plans to reinvigorate a stagnant British economy.
How a New Year’s Resolution Can Set Up Financial Goals for Success

Don’t give up on resolving to do better, psychologists and personal finance experts say. The key is to reframe the way you think about it.