The Currency - Money

Ready or not: Pumpkin-spice-everything is back. U.S. retail sales of pumpkin-flavored products bibbidi-bobbidi-boomed to $803 million for the 52-week period through July 2023 – up nearly 15% from the prior year. 

Discover how digital payment apps are reshaping consumer behaviors and explore the latest trends, user experiences, and AI adoption within the U.S.

With a brokerage account, you can buy and sell assets on the stock market. Learn how the process works and whether this investment account may be right for your financial situation.

There’s only a few more weeks of summer left, so make sure to squeeze in a quick flight or last-minute road trip while you still can. For those with a zest for the finer things, we’re peeling back the latest luxe headlines for a closer look. 

Tracking your net worth is a common way to gauge your financial health. Here's a benchmark of the average and median net worth of people who use the free Empower Personal Dashboard^TM, broken down by state.

Fed officials are on watch for evidence that the economy might be reverting to its old inflationary tendencies. They almost certainly didn’t find reassurances in last week’s retail sales report, which showed that U.S. consumers are still in a spending mood. 

Find out what personal and business financial liability is, how to identify liabilities from expenses and assets and how to maintain a healthy financial status.

If you’ve ever filed taxes or applied for certain benefits, then you’ve probably come across the term adjusted gross income (AGI). This figure plays an important role in filing your income taxes but also applies when it comes to other income-based programs and benefits. Learn what adjusted gross income is and why it’s important to calculate your AGI.  

In an era of hyper-digitalization, there's a palpable sense of security in what’s real. Tactile. Owned and earned. At least, that’s what the 28% of Americans who told us they “feel safer” keeping money in cash seem to think.

Sometimes the tangible sets us at ease. Such can be the case with cash: We hold it, count it, and count on it in times of market volatility and economic uncertainty. Get strategies for stashing cash from a financial professional.

Nostalgia is a powerful force – for example, remember when Amazon just sold books? The U.S. grocery market is estimated to be $1.5 trillion and Amazon is reaching for a bigger piece of the pie.