Lifestyle and Budget

Long-term mortgage rates are unchanged this week: The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage remained at 3.83 percent; the 15-year home loan, popular among homeowners who refinance their mortgages, stayed at 3.13 percent, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says.

Popular budgeting advice like the 50/30/20 rule — which allots a set percentage of income to necessities, wants and needs — is meaningless for people whose paychecks go up and down.

How do you pay for an estimated $5.8 trillion tax cut?

The Latest on the Republican plan to overhaul the tax code (all times local): 9:20 a.m.

Michigan drivers would no longer be required to buy unlimited medical insurance to cover serious crash injuries under bipartisan legislation high-ranking supporters proposed Tuesday aimed at reducing the country's highest auto premiums by at least 20 percent.

Checking account overdraft fees are a big problem for Americans, costing frequent overdrafters $15 billion per year, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Long-term care costs are surging and the most expensive option — a private nursing home room — may soon top $100,000 per year.

College-bound high school seniors are the most likely targets for nagging about completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA.

The spike in gasoline prices that followed Hurricane Harvey is beginning to subside.

The Cleveland Clinic's chief executive says he's opposed to the Republican health bill in the U.S. Senate because he believes it will burden hospitals, throw people off insurance and fail to address the rising cost of health care.

Americans' debt loads, like our waistlines, tend to expand as we approach middle age and then gradually diminish as we get older.

Target Corp. said it is raising its minimum wage to $11 an hour starting next month and to $15 an hour within three years, as the retailer competes to fill low-wage jobs in a tighter labor market.

The Bank of England is warning of "a pocket of risk" in the rapid growth of consumer credit in the British economy.

Flood insurance is on people's minds again after hurricanes Harvey in Texas and Irma in Florida.

The Latest on the Republican push on health care (all times local): 8:35 a.m.

The Latest on health care legislation (all times local): 11 a.m.

After less than a month as the official owner of Whole Foods Market, e-commerce giant Amazon is already making another food deal.

While storms Harvey, Irma and Maria have wrought widespread, costly damage across several U.S. states and territories this year, insurance experts say homeowners are unlikely to see substantially higher insurance premiums as a result of the busy hurricane season.