Living the American Dream now comes with a jaw-dropping price tag of $4.4 million, up more than $1 million from the year before—and owning a home accounts for nearly a fifth of that amount.

The Federal Reserve's preferred measure of inflation picked up in December, pushing the central bank's goal of a 2% annual rate farther into the distance.

Centre County’s living wage for a single adult without children has increased by $5.54 per hour since December 2022, or $11,523.20 per year for someone working 2,080 hours annually. The MIT living ...