Victoria Joseph

The 2027 Social Security Raise Is Set at 3.6 Percent. The Medicare Deduction Is Not.

Nov 3, 2026

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The 2027 Social Security Raise Is Set at 3.6 Percent. The Medicare Deduction Is Not.

Nearly 72 million people get the increase in January, the average retirement benefit rises about 75 dollars a month, and the Part B premium taken out of it first is still a trustees’ estimate.

Victoria Joseph

Midterms 2026: What the Options Market Has Priced for the Session After the Vote

Nov 2, 2026

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Midterms 2026: What the Options Market Has Priced for the Session After the Vote

Forward volatility points to a move of about one percent on Wednesday, against a midterm average near four, with defence, healthcare, data centres and banks named as the sensitive sectors.

Victoria Joseph

The Federal Hemp Rewrite: What Changes on November 12 and December 11

Nov 1, 2026

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The Federal Hemp Rewrite: What Changes on November 12 and December 11

A total THC standard, a cap of 0.4 milligrams per container, and a second deadline that lands on the day government funding expires.

Victoria Joseph

Affirm Now Sends Every New Pay-in-Four Loan to Experian

Oct 31, 2026

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Affirm Now Sends Every New Pay-in-Four Loan to Experian

Reporting began on April 1 last year, Pay in 4 included. FICO’s first scores that read this borrowing followed twelve weeks after.

Victoria Joseph

Zoox Is Charging Fares in a Car With No Steering Wheel

Oct 30, 2026

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Zoox Is Charging Fares in a Car With No Steering Wheel

The first commercial exemption of its kind was granted in July. On Monday the government proposed rewriting the standard itself.

Victoria Joseph

Medicare’s 2027 Drug Prices: Ozempic Set at $274 a Month

Oct 29, 2026

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Medicare’s 2027 Drug Prices: Ozempic Set at $274 a Month

Fifteen Medicare drug prices take effect January 1, 2027, with Ozempic at $274. Part D’s deductible rises to $700, the cap to $2,400. Enrollment ends December 7.

Victoria Joseph

There Is Now A Map Of Places American Money May Not Go, And It Is Getting Bigger

Oct 28, 2026

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There Is Now A Map Of Places American Money May Not Go, And It Is Getting Bigger

The first penalty was $200,000 on an investment of about $92,478. Six days ago the Treasury proposed widening the map.

Victoria Joseph

The Complaint Still Gets Filed. What People Wrote In It Is No Longer Published.

Oct 27, 2026

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The Complaint Still Gets Filed. What People Wrote In It Is No Longer Published.

Six point six million complaints went in last year. Since August the paragraph inside them stays out of public view.

Victoria Joseph

A New Kind Of Dollar Opens On January 18, And It Is Not A Deposit

Oct 26, 2026

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A New Kind Of Dollar Opens On January 18, And It Is Not A Deposit

The rulebook was finished on October 21. About $300 billion is already sitting in the thing it governs.

Victoria Joseph

The Tariff Refund Has A Name On It, And The Name Is The Importer’s

Oct 25, 2026

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The Tariff Refund Has A Name On It, And The Name Is The Importer’s

Customs has certified about $122 billion. Meanwhile a fourth statute has taken over the tariffs themselves.

Victoria Joseph

Why Data Center Demand Is Showing Up In Household Power Bills

Oct 24, 2026

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Why Data Center Demand Is Showing Up In Household Power Bills

PJM covers 13 states and about 67 million people. Its market monitor has put a number on what the data centers added.

Victoria Joseph

Two Houses, One Winter, And A Heating Bill Three Times Apart

Oct 23, 2026

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Two Houses, One Winter, And A Heating Bill Three Times Apart

EIA puts an oil-heated home at $2,115 this season and a gas-heated one at $640.

Victoria Joseph

Marketplace Subsidy Cliff Returns As Plans Auto-Renew For 2027

Oct 22, 2026

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Marketplace Subsidy Cliff Returns As Plans Auto-Renew For 2027

Open enrollment starts November 1, but December 15 is the date that decides your January.

Victoria Joseph

The Machinery That Takes 15 Percent Of A Paycheck Is Being Switched Back On

Oct 21, 2026

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The Machinery That Takes 15 Percent Of A Paycheck Is Being Switched Back On

Wage garnishment, tax refunds and Social Security, all without a court order. Nothing is announced yet.

Victoria Joseph

Your 2027 Tax Brackets Are Already Decided, And The Math Behind Them Is Missing A Month

Oct 20, 2026

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Your 2027 Tax Brackets Are Already Decided, And The Math Behind Them Is Missing A Month

The IRS has not published the number yet. The window it came from closed on August 31.

Victoria Joseph

Fannie Mae Now Puts The 30-Year Mortgage At 7.5% In Every Quarter Of 2027

Oct 19, 2026

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Fannie Mae Now Puts The 30-Year Mortgage At 7.5% In Every Quarter Of 2027

The call moved 0.8 points in four weeks. Builders have been under 50 for twenty-nine months.

Victoria Joseph

The Ad Bill For These Midterms Passed $10 Billion With Three Weeks Still To Run

Oct 18, 2026

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The Ad Bill For These Midterms Passed $10 Billion With Three Weeks Still To Run

Aired or booked, $3.8 billion of it on congressional races alone. What the reservations actually mean.

Victoria Joseph

Brent Touched $110, And Washington Offered 17 Million Barrels Of The Reserve

Oct 17, 2026

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Brent Touched $110, And Washington Offered 17 Million Barrels Of The Reserve

Seventeen million barrels is about four hours of world demand. Why June’s offer went almost untouched.

Victoria Joseph

The Regulator Read 420,000 Pages And Found The Same Policy At All Nine Banks

Oct 16, 2026

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The Regulator Read 420,000 Pages And Found The Same Policy At All Nine Banks

Nine of nine, 2020 to September 2025, no fines announced. What the report actually says.

Victoria Joseph

Gasoline Wrote Half Of September, And The Fed Decides On It In Two Weeks

Oct 15, 2026

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Gasoline Wrote Half Of September, And The Fed Decides On It In Two Weeks

9.1% in a month, 34.2% in a year, and the last CPI before the October 28 vote.

Victoria Joseph

Broadcom’s Chief Executive Names Capital As The Next Constraint On AI

Oct 14, 2026

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Broadcom’s Chief Executive Names Capital As The Next Constraint On AI

His own banks are assembling more than $110 billion for Anthropic and OpenAI. What vendor financing did to Lucent, and the two numbers to write down.

Victoria Joseph

The Top Five S&P 500 Companies Now Match The Bottom 434 Combined

Oct 13, 2026

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The Top Five S&P 500 Companies Now Match The Bottom 434 Combined

The earnings and the capital spending are concentrated to the same degree. What that means for the index fund in your 401(k).

Victoria Joseph

The 2027 Social Security Raise Gets Decided Wednesday Morning

Oct 12, 2026

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The 2027 Social Security Raise Gets Decided Wednesday Morning

Two of the three months in the formula are already published. What the index actually measures, and the Medicare increase already taking part of the raise.

Victoria Joseph

Treasury Suspends Part Of The Russia Sanctions Law To Let Diesel Through

Oct 11, 2026

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Treasury Suspends Part Of The Russia Sanctions Law To Let Diesel Through

General License 135 runs to April 2027. The four million tons it covers add up to about one day of world diesel use.

Victoria Joseph

SpaceX Agrees To Buy Grain Management’s Nationwide 800 MHz Spectrum For About $8 Billion

Oct 10, 2026

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SpaceX Agrees To Buy Grain Management’s Nationwide 800 MHz Spectrum For About $8 Billion

The low band reaches inside buildings and most phones already receive it. T-Mobile sold the same licenses two months ago for $2.9 billion.

Victoria Joseph