Costco on Thursday said it received $184 million in tariff refunds in the company’s fourth quarter, the majority of which were reinvested into lower pricing for members shopping at the retail giant’s warehouses. The big box retailer said that the lower pricing from tariff refunds was applied to a range…

Curbing the federal government’s roughly $2 trillion budget deficit would help reduce the affordability challenges American households are facing, a new analysis finds. The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) published a report on Wednesday detailing how reducing the federal budget deficit over both the near- and long-term…

Mortgage rates rose to more than 7% for the first time since January 2025, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rose to 7.03% from last week’s reading of 6.95%.The average rate…