Personal Finance

Pennsylvania ranks No. 1 in the nation for student debt. Why is the debt burden is so high here and how is that affecting the way students and grads live?

Pa.’s unemployment rate has been on the decline over the last year but the picture is different when looking at individual areas across the state.

Women — often in their 40s and 50s — now make up more than half the contractors working for major food delivery apps.

Across the U.S. today, there are plenty of jobs. Unemployment for Latinos is at 4.2% — the lowest in recorded history. And their poverty rate has gone down somewhat, to 18.3%.

“I feel free; I have my life back,” said Ahmad Smith, who has roots in Philadelphia. “Not only am I now an educated Morehouse man, I’m a debt-free Morehouse man."

New Jersey has placed a 30-percent cap on the annual interest-rate payday lenders are allowed to charge.

Hundreds headed to the 13th Annual Neighborhood Job Fair in North Philadelphia, billed as the city’s largest community job fair, looking for work.

The director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says the Trump administration's Education Depart. is getting in the way of efforts to police the student loan industry

Anti-poverty groups are worried that many low-income individuals will be pushed off assistance programs such as food stamps, Medicaid and Head Start.

Under a lengthy proposal the CFPB released Tuesday, debt collectors could also email and text borrowers as much as they want. Consumer advocates and creditors have concerns.

One of the new laws will make it easier for borrowers struggling to pay off loans. The other allows borrowers who have defaulted on those loans to start an installment plan.

Pennsylvania's unemployment rate has sunk to its lowest-ever recorded level.

The Chamber of Commerce for a Greater Philadelphia is advocating for an inclusive neighborhood growth agenda to help address the city’s stagnant poverty rate.

Three Pennsylvania state senate Democrats are launching a plan to help people with student loan debt.

The stock market tumbled Friday as investors digested an ominous warning sign: Interest rates on long-term government debt fell below the rate on short-term bills.