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  Ask Bankrate: Questions about house payments and retirement, student loan debt and more

  A reader asks: Should I pay down my mortgage or contribute more to retirement?

  7 min read Jul 03, 2020
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  How to handle repeated credit card fraud

  Find out how to spot gaps in your card’s security, and how you can patch those gaps to keep fraudsters out of your finances.

  5 min read Jun 30, 2020
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  Supreme Court empowers Trump to fire consumer watchdog’s director at will

  The high court ruled CFPB’s structure was unconstitutional, but agency can continue to operate.

  2 min read Jun 29, 2020
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  Ask Bankrate: Questions about negative rates, financial planners and RMDs

  One reader asks how negative interest rates would impact savings accounts.

  4 min read Jun 26, 2020
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  ATMs in a pandemic: How to interact with the touch machine

  Experts weigh in on ways to improve safety for using the more than 50-year old technology.

  4 min read Jun 25, 2020
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  We’re in a recession — will the stock market ever act like it?

  With the market awash with cash, stocks are rising regardless of the fundamentals.

  5 min read Jun 25, 2020
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  $4,000 travel tax credit? Here’s how the ‘Explore America’ stimulus proposal could fund your next vacation

  Here’s what a proposed tax credit for travel could mean for you.

  4 min read Jun 24, 2020
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  Survey: Surprisingly fewer people losing sleep over money issues right now

  48% of U.S. adults report losing sleep about a money issue, down from 56% last year.

  4 min read Jun 23, 2020
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  Summer housing market picks up as states reopen

  Home purchase applications may actually top last year, group predicts.

  3 min read Jun 22, 2020
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  What to do with an inheritance

  When it comes to handling a windfall, don’t rush it. You’re going to want to make a financial plan.

  6 min read Jun 19, 2020
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  Second stimulus check and extended unemployment benefits? Here’s what aid could be on the way

  A long road likely lies ahead for the economy. What stimulus might we see to help a return to normal?

  7 min read Jun 18, 2020
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  Survey: Americans’ biggest coronavirus financial regret is not having enough emergency savings

  And here’s how Americans can stay protected in the future.

  4 min read Jun 18, 2020
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  Types of credit card relief you can request

  Credit card issuers have resource pages on their websites, which list the different types of relief you can ask for when it comes to your credit card accounts.

  4 min read Jun 17, 2020
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  COVID-19 surcharges surprise consumers

  Businesses have always been able to raise their prices to keep up with inflation and their own growing costs, and surcharges tacked onto bills as the result of coronavirus are no exception.

  3 min read Jun 16, 2020
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  Survey: Most Americans say personal finances haven’t improved under President Trump

  Just 17 percent say their finances have improved under Trump, Bankrate’s survey finds.

  4 min read Jun 15, 2020
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  Is the U.S. economy in a recession or depression? Here’s what top economists say

  A deep, prolonged downturn separates the inevitable recession from its uglier counterpart, the depression.

  7 min read Jun 12, 2020
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  Fed signals near-zero rates here to stay through at least 2022

  With the U.S. economy facing a sharp recession, rock-bottom rates are expected to continue.

  6 min read Jun 10, 2020
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  Negative interest rates and savings accounts: What that could mean for your money

  Here’s how to optimize your saving strategy in a tough economy.

  3 min read Jun 08, 2020
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  Forecast survey: Fed seen as keeping rates at rock bottom through yield-curve control

  The Fed will turn to new tactics that include capping yields and expanding its balance sheet.

  7 min read Jun 05, 2020
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  Preview of the Fed meeting: 4 big questions facing the Federal Reserve post-coronavirus

  The financial and economic hardship is far from over.

  7 min read Jun 05, 2020