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Jessica Hall is a retirement reporter for MarketWatch. She was an Age Boom Academy Fellow with…

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As Americans struggle to afford necessities such as housing, transportation, insurance, childcare and education, many households…

J.D. and Usha Vance are expecting their fourth kid. Most American parents can’t afford to have that many children.

The vice president wants Americans to have more babies. But the typical family cannot afford a…

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Healthcare access, taxes and affordability help dictate the best places to retire.

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Every hotel review on this list has been written by a Condé Nast Traveler journalist who…

How you could benefit from Trump’s plan for buying mortgage bonds

Published: Jan. 10, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. ET When homeowners take out a new mortgage or refinance…

Donald Trump directs representatives to buy $200 billion mortgage bonds — Here’s what this means for US housing prices

United States President Donald Trump on 9 January declared that he is giving special attention to…

MarketWatch Money Challenge, Day 5: Set up these helpful alerts to control your spending

Venessa Wong is a personal finance reporter for MarketWatch based in New York City. She previously…

Here are the ideas that could really help solve America’s affordability crisis in 2026

These 10 ideas targeting affordability will be tested in 2026. A look at the ones that…