Money Today That Matters Tomorrow
For the millions of unemployed workers who saw a significant reduction in their household income due to the Coronavirus driven economic slowdown, the extra $600 per week unemployment check and extension of existing state unemployment benefits enacted under the CARES stimulus act were a pretty …
Great graphic from the CBPP on maximum unemployment insurance benefit duration (in weeks) by state. Unemployment insurance (UI) benefits are state administered and generally most workers are eligible for UI benefits for between 13 to 26 weeks. But with the enhanced unemployment benefits now available …
[July 2020] President Trump recently announced that a Phase 4 stimulus package is looking more likely as Coronavirus cases surge across the country and unemployment hovers near record levels. President Donald Trump, facing weakening poll numbers ahead of the November presidential election gave his strongest …
Anthony posted this comment following his recent eligibility for PUA, “Hi guys I just found out about the PUA. I filed for regular unemployment on June 14 and was denied. I got a email stating that I was eligible for the PUA and today was …
I recently saw an interesting video that asked a number of regular people if they would rather have a million dollars now or take a penny now and double the amount every day for the next 30 days. As expected, 90% of people chose the …
There has been a fair bit of confusion around the three main and widest impacting enhanced unemployment programs put in place as part of the CARES act to deal with the Coronavirus-COVID related job losses and/or furloughs. The main payment from the federally funded enhanced …
The IRS has provided the latest statistics on tax return filings and refunds, summarized in the table below, which not surprisingly shows that the number of filings and refunds paid are currently lower than last year with only a few weeks left in the extended …
Have you ever wondered which jobs pay the most? Well the BLS took out some of this guess work and summarized the results into the graph below. While most of us won’t ever get into one of these high paying jobs, you can at least …
With the economy showing continued signs of improvement and financial markets making a strong recovery (example: Market indexes back to record highs), many would be investors are more willing to invest in the stock market in order to earn higher than average returns. Investing in …
With millions of Americans unemployed and many coming to this site to get information on enhanced unemployment benefits, I thought it would be helpful to provide some positive news around several companies that have publicly announced that they’re implementing massive hiring plans over this summer …