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Bill Burr Getty Images “I’ll probably get cancelled.” Yes, Bill Burr saw the backlash coming early in his opening monologue on “Saturday Night Live.” In retrospect, it wasn’t really all that hard to be so prophetic, considering his material touched on everything from wearing masks and assault to gay pride …

So you think you’re financially astute? Then try taking the following financial literacy test containing just three basic questions about interest rates, inflation and diversification. Despite being quite elementary, only 34% of adults aged 38 to 64 are able to answer all three correctly. Among millennials this percentage is just …

MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE We may be retrenching to the stock market-economy disconnect of the spring, and some analysts think something’s gotta give. See full story. I’m 63, my husband is 70, we’ll have $ 90,000 a year in retirement — how can we claim our Social Security benefits? Have a …

Are you happy or sad that your monthly Social Security check next year will be approximately 1.2% higher than it is this year? Your answer no doubt depends on whether you look at the glass as half full or half empty. Had the Social Security Administration set next year’s COLA …

Bar in the city center of Manchester, northwest England. AFP via Getty Images The pace of the economic rebound in Europe slowed down significantly in August, according to latest gross domestic product and industrial production figures. And the number of COVID-19 infections keep rising in most countries, prompting fears about …

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Automakers and other companies are rebuilding their inventories again as sales pick up. jeff kowalsky/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images U.S. wholesale inventories rose by 0.4% in August as companies began to stock up again to replace dwindling supplies. Inventories of durable goods, such as autos and lumber, increased by 0.6%. Stockpiles of …

People walk through a crowded shopping street in Birmingham, central England on August 22, 2020. justin tallis/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images The U.K. economy grew 2.1% in August, according to data released Friday that showed the slowest monthly gain since the initial lockdowns. The gain in gross domestic product leaves the U.K. …

Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn as Those Middle-Aged Interns A friend in her 50s recently abandoned plans to change career. Although she’s well educated, with a master’s degree, and has plenty of technical skills, retraining was going to require a commitment of four years to get another degree. In your …