Financial advisor Kristin O’Keefe Merrick shares tips on how to maximize your savings during the holiday shopping season. Created at: November 27, 2022 at 10:11PM

With holiday shopping season coinciding with a year of inflation, we hear from Americans about their spending plans for the season. Created at: November 27, 2022 at 12:59PM

More than 166 million Americans are expected to shop over the five days from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday. Created at: November 26, 2022 at 06:41PM

Black Friday shoppers are expected to spend a record amount of money in 2022 — because nearly everything is more expensive. Created at: November 25, 2022 at 09:32PM

Independence Day author Steve Lopez turned the issue of retirement into a reporting project, speaking to geriatric experts, a psychiatrist, a rabbi, plus people who have retired and some who refuse. Created at: November 22, 2022 at 06:53PM

Turkey, stuffing, pie — it’s all way more expensive this year. But you don’t have to let inflation spoil your meal, if you’re willing to get creative. Created at: November 22, 2022 at 10:00AM

With the price of a typical Thanksgiving meal up 40% over the last two years, NPR’s business desk finds inflation-friendly substitutes for traditional dishes. Created at: November 21, 2022 at 09:26PM

Taxpayers footed the bill for care that should have cost far less, according to records released under the Freedom of Information Act. The U.S. government may charge insurers $650 million as a result. Created at: November 21, 2022 at 10:01AM

Andee Tagle from NPR’s Life Kit podcast reports on the best way to accumulate credit card points and put them to good use. Created at: November 19, 2022 at 10:01PM

More than one million people may have lost their money in the spectacular collapse of the cryptocurrency trading firm. Some had big chunks of their life savings disappear into a black hole. Created at: November 18, 2022 at 07:13PM