Personal Finance

Tess Vigeland and Kathy Kristof of Kiplinger's Magazine answer listeners questions.

Low incomes along with a lack of financial literacy make residents of Harlingen, Texas, susceptible to crushing credit score choices.

A combination of a diverse economy, affordable housing and hard-working citizens may be the reason why Wasau, Wisc. boasts the highest credit scores per capita in the U.S.

The Census Bureau has a new calculation for measuring poverty. David Brancaccio takes a look at how this new metric changes our understanding of America's poor.

David Brancaccio and personal finance columnist Liz Weston answer listeners' personal finance questions.

Companies are now collecting data beyond your basic credit score, but there are still laws surrounding the practice.

Tess Vigeland and David Lazarus of the Los Angeles Times answer listeners' personal finance questions.

Tess Vigeland and Marketplace's economics editor Chris Farrell answer listeners' money questions.