These are the obstacles still keeping women from retirement security

by Calculated Risk on 1/09/2026 08:30:00 AM From the BLS: Employment Situation Both total nonfarm payroll employment (+50,000) and the unemployment rate (4.4 percent) changed little in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment continued to trend up in food services and drinking places, health care, and social assistance. Retail trade lost…

The mortgage market has become faster, more digital and more competitive and yet the experience often still falls short. For brokers, the mortgage process is arguably more demanding than ever, as they are navigating increasingly complex affordability conversations, and customers expect clearer communication and quicker outcomes. Meanwhile, the lenders themselves are balancing service standards with cost…

Key insight: A new funding structure issued by the Department of Housing and Urban Development would have severely limited grants and excluded most existing fair-housing groups from receiving what remained. What’s at stake: Judge Myong Joun said HUD’s explanation for the changes “falls woefully short” and failed to account for organizations’ reliance on federal funding….

The Federal Reserve’s inspector general found no basis for the Justice Department to reopen its criminal probe into the central bank’s handling of its headquarters renovation, Politico reported. Jerome Powell The decision removed a potential avenue for President Donald Trump to oust former Chair Jerome Powell from the Fed board, Politico said. The long-awaited watchdog…

Laurence Dutton | E+ | Getty Images At London-headquartered payments technology company Paysend, access to artificial intelligence tools has to be earned. CEO Ben Chisell told CNBC he is a “very cynical man” about the hype around the technology, though he still sees value in it.  Chisell, who previously worked at Amazon, eBay and Starling…