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Good morning! It's Daniel de Visé with your Daily Money. |
Lower-income households aren't the only ones living paycheck to paycheck. |
A growing share of middle- and higher-income families are spending virtually all of their paychecks on essentials and have little or nothing left over each month for discretionary purchases or savings, Paul Davidson reports. (Hmm: Sounds like many journalists we have known.) |
The trend could curtail consumer spending, which makes up 70% of economic activity. |
Caregivers, too, are struggling financially |
When she was 29 years old, Jacquelyn Revere received a phone call from a family friend while riding the New York City subway to a comedy show. Revere needed to go home to Los Angeles right away. Something was wrong with her mom. |
Revere immediately took a 21-day leave from her job and flew to California. She would spend the next six years caring for her mother and grandmother, both dementia patients. |
College tuition is getting cheaper |
Americans love to grouse about the rising cost of college. But consider this: The average in-state student at a public university now pays only $2,480 a year in net tuition and fees. |
Tuition, of course, is only one item on the list of college expenses. Room and board can cost more. But the full cost of attending a public college is falling, rather than rising, after you adjust it for inflation. |
The average net price in tuition and fees for an in-state student at a four-year public college has plummeted by 40% in a decade, after inflation, from $4,140 in 2014-15 to an estimated $2,480 in 2024-25, according to a new report from the College Board. |
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