Venessa Wong
Personal Finance Reporter at MarketWatch
Personal finance reporter at @MarketWatch. Former BuzzFeed News and Businessweek. Send tips to [email protected]. DMs open.
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1 week ago |
marketwatch.com | Venessa Wong
As economic uncertainty rises, some financial planners suggest bumping up emergency savings to cover 12 months of necessary expenses — and to do it quickly. Many personal-finance experts were already warning that a cash emergency-savings account covering three months of necessary expenses in case of unemployment was likely too little for today’s job market — recommending a six-month buffer instead.
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1 week ago |
morningstar.com | Venessa Wong
By Venessa Wong Economists worry a recession will start in the next few months. There's still time to beef up your emergency fund by thousands of dollars with these aggressive - but temporary - changes. Many personal-finance experts were already warning that a cash emergency-savings account covering three months of necessary expenses in case of unemployment was likely too little for today's job market - recommending a six-month buffer instead.
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2 weeks ago |
marketwatch.com | Venessa Wong
Entry-level workers, who are often at greater risk of being laid off during a slowdown, reported record-low confidence last month in Glassdoor’s employee confidence index. Workers are feeling worse than they did even during the COVID pandemic.
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2 weeks ago |
morningstar.com | Venessa Wong
By Venessa Wong Months of uncertainty have left workers feeling worse than they did even during the COVID pandemic, new report finds Workers are feeling worse than they did even during the COVID pandemic.
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2 weeks ago |
morningstar.com | Venessa Wong
By Venessa Wong Trump's tariffs have created conditions that make it hard for employers to 'maintain business as usual,' especially for these workers The job market held up through the first three months of the year, leading the White House to declare on Friday that the "Golden Age of America is well on its way." Yet economists told MarketWatch that they expect the Trump administration's sweeping tariff plan, which affects all U.S. imports, to have a wide-ranging, negative impact on jobs...
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