Coronavirus and Your Money
Get advice and stay informed on how COVID-19 could impact your finances.
Essential Reading
News and Analysis
Latest News
-
Home-pricing hacks: How homebuyers can pay less and sellers can get more
How to set listing prices and other secrets of consumer behavior revealed.
3 min read May 27, 2020 -
Ask Bankrate: Questions about stimulus checks, mortgage refinancing and Social Security
Find out what you can do if your stimulus check was deposited into the wrong account.
7 min read May 22, 2020 -
Survey: Majority of Americans believe it’s too soon to reopen local businesses after coronavirus
Americans remain cautious about making in-person trips to businesses.
7 min read May 18, 2020 -
Ask Bankrate: Questions about using retirement funds to pay off debt, refinancing while unemployed and more
See whether it’s smart to tap retirement savings to pay down debt.
5 min read May 15, 2020 -
List of banks offering help to customers impacted by the coronavirus
Find out who’s waiving fees and helping families facing a financial hardship from the COVID-19 outbreak.
13 min read May 14, 2020 -
Survey: Nearly one-third of Americans dealing with lower income due to coronavirus outbreak
Half of those same households report having taken on more debt.
7 min read May 13, 2020 -
College students: Don’t pause building credit during COVID-19
Building credit now is an important step toward future financial health.
5 min read May 12, 2020 -
The unemployment rate, explained – and why the coronavirus crisis has caused it to skyrocket
Joblessness has surged to catastrophic levels not seen for nearly a century.
8 min read May 08, 2020 -
Here’s what the Fed has to see before lifting interest rates from rock bottom
One of the Fed’s greatest fears is a slow and grueling economic recovery.
8 min read May 08, 2020 -
Survey: Over half of mortgage, auto borrowers fret about their ability to pay
If you’re worried about paying your bills, the say-nothing approach won’t work.
4 min read May 06, 2020
Helpful Links
- Start an emergency fund
- Prepare for a recession
- Tips before using emergency fund
- Why your cash is safe in the bank
- Prepare for near-zero rates
- Investing during volatility
- List: Government relief, stimulus
- Help paying mortgage
- Banks offering assistance
- Credit card help
- Roth IRA emergency cash
- Coronavirus scams
- How negative interest rates work
- When to refinance
- Best low-risk investments
- Federal Reserve news
- Mortgage rates
- CD rates
- High-yield savings rates