“The claim that the foreigners are bearing the cost of the import tariff and not consumers or businesses, that’s very clearly just debunked by looking at the trade data”:
https://www.sfchronicle.com/personal-finance/article/california-tariffs-cost-household-impact-21350799.php
#PersonalFinances #Trump #mismanagement #corruption

@codinghorror

It's sad that people think an #LLM could ever be an accurate #TaxPreparation service.

But it's even sadder that people need to be told to not feed their private financial data to a #chatbot when doing their #taxes .

#DataPrivacy #Privacy #TaxTime #AI #PayingTaxes #GenerativeAI #ChatGPT #Finances #Money #PersonalFinances

https://money.com/money-ai-privacy-fraud-risk/

Low Rates Sound Great. But a Trump Fed Could Cause a Painful ‘Sugar High.’

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/business/trump-fed-interest-rates-inflation.html

Trump Administration Delays Forced Collections on Student Loan Defaults

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/your-money/student-loan-wage-garnish.html

10 years of personal finances in plain text files

I've been tracking my finances using Beancount in plain text files for 10 years. Here are the numbers, the workflow, and why I believe plaintext accounting will outlive any app.

Want to Know Where the Market Is Going? Don’t Trust This, or Any, Forecast.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/business/stock-market-forecast-wall-street.html