Tag Archives: Americans

Names like bitcoin (BTC-USD), dogecoin (DOGE-USD), ethereum (ETH-USD), and litecoin (LITE-USD) are entrenching themselves in the financial and cultural lexicon.  But most people are not ready to take the cryptocurrency plunge, a new poll suggests. A YouGov survey of 1,715 U.S. adults, conducted exclusively for Yahoo, found that 89% of respondents had heard of bitcoin and a clear majority (57%) of those who were aware would not invest in any cryptocurrency. (The poll, conducted July 13-15,… Source link

The rate at which Americans quit their jobs hit a historic high this spring, and workers may not be done job-hopping this year. More than a third of workers (37%) are either thinking of leaving their current jobs or are already preparing to make the move, according to a Yahoo Finance/Harris Poll survey of 1,639 U.S. adults conducted June 25-28, 2021. Four in five of the potential quitters (83%) want to make the move in the next six months, while the same percentage said they’ve been… Source link

As the highly transmissible Delta variant spreads nationwide, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the State Department urged Americans to avoid traveling to the UK. But that’s not going far enough, U.S., Dr. Ebony Jade Hilton, GoodStock Consulting co-founder and medical director, told Yahoo Finance Live. In fact, Americans should be careful traveling to certain areas within the U.S. “If we’re going to talk about traveling to the U.K., then we should also caution… Source link

In a big week for pandemic relief, Americans just got $20 billion in new aid Though politicians, researchers, advocates and everyday Americans have been calling for additional direct payments for most Americans, the government already is providing additional support for people struggling to make ends meet and deal with debt as the effects of the pandemic linger. More than $20 billion in COVID relief was paid out in the last week alone. Some of that may be on its way to you. $15 billion from the… Source link

Tiffany Thompson’s condo in Indian Wells, California. Tiffany Thompson decided that a year of working from her Los Angeles home with her husband was too much of a good thing. A change of scenery and the ability to be apart on occasion in a home away from home seemed appealing. Plus, the Emmy-winning freelance TV producer and her husband, Chase Kopecky, an editor at ABC Network Television, had been saving money. “I was making more money than normal because I was able to do multiple projects at… Source link

Bill Oxford / Getty Images/iStockphoto So you think you know all you need to know about Social Security? If so, congratulations – you are in the minority when it comes to knowledge of the nation’s biggest retirement benefits program. See: Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustments Aren’t Enough to Pay Higher Costs for SeniorsFind: Next Year’s Social Security Checks Could Get Biggest COLA Bump in 13 Years A new study released by the Nationwide Retirement Institute found that most… Source link

New weekly jobless claims fell back below the 400,000 level for the first time in three weeks, resuming improvements after a brief bump higher in initial filings.  The Department of Labor released its weekly report on new jobless claims Thursday at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here were the main metrics from the report, compared to consensus data compiled by Bloomberg: Initial jobless claims, week ended June 26: 364,000 vs. 388,000 expected and an upwardly revised 415,000 during prior week  Continuing… Source link

Google today is launching a new suite of resources for people struggling with food insecurity across the U.S. The project includes the launch of a new website, “Find Food Support,” that connects people to food support resources, including hotlines, SNAP information, and a Google Maps locator tool that points people to their local food banks, food pantries and school meal program pickup locations, among other things. In an announcement, Google explains how the Covid-19 pandemic… Source link

President Biden at the White House with a bipartisan group of senators on June 24, before delivering remarks on the infrastructure deal. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) I have always believed that there is nothing our nation can’t do when we decide to do it together. Last week, we began to write a new chapter in that story. After weeks of negotiations, a bipartisan group of United States senators forged an agreement to move forward on key portions of my American Jobs Plan — a… Source link

New weekly jobless claims resumed declining last week but by a smaller than expected margin, underscoring the still-choppy recovery in the U.S. labor market.  The Department of Labor released its weekly report on new jobless claims on Thursday at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here were the main metrics from the report, compared to consensus data compiled by Bloomberg: Initial jobless claims, week ended June 19: 411,000 vs. 380,000 expected and an upwardly revised 418,000 during prior week Continuing claims,… Source link