Lebanon's banks froze accounts three years ago amid an economic collapse. Now, under increasingly desperate circumstances, people are resorting to extreme measures to access their savings accounts.
Inflation may be slowing, but prices are still climbing much faster than Americans are used to. The Federal Reserve's dramatic steps to bring it to heel appear to be working - somewhat.
A new government report shows inflation cooled a bit in November. But prices are still climbing and the Federal Reserve is preparing to raise interest rates again.
Georgians have been pinching pennies to get by during a rough economy, and the hard times are likely to continue — economists at the University of Georgia’s annual Georgia Economic Outlook say odds are high the nation will experience a recession in 2023.
During the pandemic, the IRS allowed Americans to roll over the balances in their health flexible spending accounts. But the end of 2022 marks the return of the use-it-or-lose-it policy for most FSAs.
Georgia House Speaker Jan Jones, Speaker-nominee Jon Burns, and Lt. Gov.-elect Burt Jones joined Gov. Brian Kemp as he announced his legislative priorities, including refunding some of the state's budget surplus amassed over two years.
Fraud in the Paycheck Protection Program, which gave potentially forgivable loans to small businesses during the pandemic, was largely due to financial technology companies, according to a new report.
Last month, tech companies laid off about 50,000 workers, many of them immigrants on work visas. Now they have to find a job soon or leave the country.