The Stars and Stripes and Financial Secrecy

  Switzerland has a long-held reputation for financial secrecy, but it isn’t the top country when it comes to a lack of financial transparency. The country that is atop the rankings for being the most complicit in helping individuals hide their wealth is the United States, according to a biennial report released today by the Tax …

Interest rates: The ultimate solution to fight inflation.

“Powell says the Fed will not hesitate to keep raising rates until inflation comes down   Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell emphasized his resolve to get inflation down, saying Tuesday he will back interest rate increases until prices start falling back toward a healthy level. “If that involves moving past broadly understood levels of neutral we…

Negotiating Salary

Negotiating a job offer works: 85% of Americans who counteroffered were successful. Here’s how to do it   When it comes to negotiating a job offer, if you don’t ask — you won’t receive. It turns out many don’t ask, according to a survey from Fidelity Investments. Some 58% of Americans accepted the initial offer at…