Dr. Andrew Glass, DPM, is a podiatrist with more than 20 years of experience at NY Podiatric Medicine and Surgery. He is board-certified by the American Board of Multiple Specialties in Podiatry (ABMSP).   Rising stock market prices pumped wealth back into Americans’ pockets at the end of last year, but declining property values, slowed…

Barely two in five people believe their families will be better off in the future, according to a regular global survey that also identified growing levels of distrust in institutions among low-income households. The Edelman Trust Barometer, which for over two decades has polled the attitudes of thousands of people, found that economic pessimism was…

By Erica Sandberg From Bankrate.com Financial matters can be complicated to manage when you’re a couple. If you don’t come together to make decisions about how to handle your combined affairs, conflict can arise. With inflation and interest rates increasing, it’s even more important to make swift and positive choices. And if you’re like many consumers…

TOKYO—Japan’s household spending fell faster than expected in April as the yen’s sharp decline and surging commodity prices pushed up retail costs, hitting consumer confidence and heightening pressures on the battered economy. Spending improved from the previous month as households showed increasing appetite for services such as eating out, but the month-on-month rise was smaller…

Sometimes it’s the most unusual thing that turns out to be the magical solution for a household problem — things like a hairdryer, tube of toothpaste or simple explanation. Dear Mary: We had a very bad, dark pink, 7-foot stain in our white fiberglass whirlpool bathtub from previous antifreeze winterizing. I’d tried many things to…

Kitchen cabinets are for storing dishes, not grease. Unfortunately, wood cabinets — painted or natural with a clear finish — are prone to all sorts of grease, grime and gunk from simply being in the kitchen. Depending on just how much grease and grime you’re looking at and the supplies you have available, here are…

Every house has an outward appearance to be made as presentable as possible, an interior continually to be set in order, and incessantly to be cleaned. And for those that dwell within it there are meals to be prepared and served; linen to be laundered and mended; personal garments to be brushed and pressed; and…

TOKYO—Japan’s household spending posted an annual drop for the fourth straight month in November, a weaker-than-expected reading that threw into doubt hopes that a consumer demand recovery will give a major boost to the economy in the final quarter of 2021. Household spending fell 1.3 percent in November from a year earlier, government data showed,…

TOKYO—Japan’s household spending likely rose in November for the first time in four months while consumer inflation in Tokyo area is expected to have hit a 22-month-high in December, a Reuters poll showed. Low coronavirus cases have boosted consumption and the broader economy throughout the last quarter of 2021, but the recent spread of the…

U.S. household wealth rose to a record $144.7 trillion at the end of the third quarter, a report from the Federal Reserve showed on Thursday, though the $2.4 trillion gain over the period was the smallest since the rebound from the coronavirus pandemic began. Real estate values added around $1.4 trillion to overall wealth, according…