Marie Cascione

May 15, 2024 | msn.com | Marie Cascione |Coleman Lowndes

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May 15, 2024 | vox.com | Marie Cascione |Coleman Lowndes

Over the past few years, most of the world has experienced some pretty intense inflation, with prices rising as much as 10 percent in a single year. In 2024, even though inflation rates have fallen to more manageable levels, prices are still way up and are very unlikely to come down. Which, understandably, continues to be a source of major stress for people all over the world. So why can’t prices just stay the same?

Apr 26, 2024 | vox.com | Marie Cascione |Coleman Lowndes

A 2023 Federal Reserve survey found that a third of Americans say they don’t have the cash to cover a $500 emergency expense. So what happens if they need it? In this video, we compare six of the ways Americans say they get money when they don’t have it: credit cards, bank loans, borrowing from a friend or family member, payday loans, selling something, and going into overdraft. How difficult is each one to access? How does paying off each kind of debt work?

Mar 20, 2024 | vox.com | Nicole Dieker Finley |Marie Cascione |Kimberly Mas |Allie Volpe

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Mar 7, 2024 | vox.com | Marie Cascione

It’s a common refrain: School is full of useless (if interesting!) lessons, but we learn next to nothing about how to manage our finances. It’s true that many Americans lack basic financial knowledge, which is a contributing factor to the money challenges — high levels of debt, insufficient savings, poor investment decisions — that a lot of us face. But it’s not necessarily true that we never learned anything. Many of us sat through a few classes on money management.