As employees stay remote and can move anywhere to work, some companies are reconsidering the math that goes into compensation packages.

The reasons for relocation include the lower cost of living, bigger houses for less money and more conservative politics.

Millions of people’s incomes have been reduced or disappeared completely because of COVID-19, and rent day is just around the corner.

Seniors will get an extra 1.6%. But their cost of living rose by 1.9%.

Washington Post reporter Christopher Ingraham once called Red Lake County, Minnesota the “worst place to live in America.” Now? He lives there.

China’s official inflation is still under 3%, but residents complain that the cost of living in the financial hub of Shanghai just keeps getting higher.

A resident says medical school “made almost no financial sense.”

Freda Chisambi says she feels "really, really nervous."

Last week the Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report confirming a rising cost of living in the United States as the consumer price index rose 0.2 percent. Although it was a small hike, it affected the prices of food, gas and rent. We called up some Marketplace listeners to get their thoughts about how […]

The Federal Reserve reports the net worth of U.S. households dropped 3.4 percent in the fourth quarter of last year and is now at the lowest level since the financial crisis. A look at what that drop could mean for economic optimism.  Click the audio player above to hear the full story.