Meg Waters is the editor in chief of Treasury & Risk. She is the former editor in chief of BPM Magazine and the former managing editor of Business Finance.
Continuing claims (the number of people who have already filed an initial application and are now claiming unemployment benefits) rose to 1.87 million in the week ended April 8.
How health insurers hide behind HIPAA to avoid sharing claims data with employers, while farming every imaginable fact about plan members as they bid for those employers' business.
"Banks are likely to become somewhat more cautious. That does tend to lead to somewhat greater restriction in credit that could be a substitute for further interest-rate hikes that the Fed needs to make."
Millennials expect they'll need $1.3 million for a comfortable retirement, but only 29% expect to reach that. Older workers say they'll need $1.1 million, and only 21% expect to reach it.