Plenty of lower- and middle-income workers have been playing catch-up and are trying to dig out of debt.
It’s been harder for lower- and middle-income households to afford higher food, rent and gas prices without getting into debt.
New York Community Bank, the latest mid-sized bank that’s run into trouble, says it’s got a lifeline — it’s sealed a deal with a group of investors who have now provided $1 billion in capital to the bank.
Earmarks promise to spend money on specific projects requested by individual members of Congress.