When will the cost-of-living crisis end?

IN THE U.S., HOME PRICES HAVE SHOT up about 45% since 2020, more than twice the typical rate of appreciation. In the U.K., household energy bills are 52% higher than their prepandemic level. And in co

I’ve never had much luck with metals. In 1981, around a year after the last structural gold bull market peaked, I was given a small krugerrand. Aged seven, having noted that it was not made of chocola

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February 2026

→ On paper, George has done everything right – but he still finds himself loaded with student loan debt. Graduating with high marks from his local state school, he went on to study economics at the Un