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Recent Bankrate data shows that young people are the ones most optimistic about their finances.

The likelihood of an economic downturn within the next 12 months has decreased to 33%, according to Bankrate's latest quarterly poll of economists.

U.S. central bankers won’t be ready to fully let up the brakes and give the U.S. economy more gas for more than two years.

Rate cuts might not bring the relief consumers have been waiting for.

The U.S. economy added 303,000 jobs in March, blowing past expectations and indicating that economic growth remains on a firm footing.

The number of job openings increased very slightly to 8.76 million in February, a sign of underlying strength despite high interest rates from the Fed.

These pros see the market moving 2.2 percent higher in the next four quarters.

The biggest economic story of the post-pandemic period has been inflation.

The average prices of common grocery items, including bread, butter, chicken and sugar, are more expensive in February 2024 than they were in January 2021 when President Biden took office.

Inflation is now "moving more sideways than down," analyst says.