This is part of NBC News’ Checkbook Chronicles, a series of profiles highlighting the financial realities of everyday Americans. Unlike...

The economy added 206,000 jobs last month, according to fresh government data, but unemployment inched above 4% for the first...

This is part of NBC News’ Checkbook Chronicles, a series of profiles highlighting the financial realities of everyday Americans. Becky...

This is part of NBC News’ Checkbook Chronicles, a series of profiles highlighting the financial realities of everyday Americans. Stefanie...

Americans will be splashing around this summer in the backyard pools they’ve already got, but not splashing out as much...

Record summer air travel demand isn’t translating to record U.S. airline profits. Carriers will have to answer for that disconnect...

Target will soon stop accepting personal checks as a form of payment at checkout. In a statement to NBC News,...

If you were taking time off from the stock market, since it wasn’t doing much in the last week or...

If you were taking time off from the stock market, since it wasn’t doing much in the last week or...

In this StockCharts TV video, Mary Ellen reviews where things stand after the markets close at another new high. She also...