After a dizzying first half of the year, we take a step back to assess what has changed for markets, and just as importantly, what hasn’t.

The Republican budget will add trillions to the national debt. Trump should channel Eisenhower to keep things in check.

The odds of a federal debt crisis just got more daunting. On Thursday, Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill, a sweeping piece of legislation that threatens to leave the government with one big, ...

Now that the budget bill has passed Congress, we can see clear projections for how it will impact deficits, government debt, ...

The Federal Reserve’s rate pause keeps borrowing expensive and savings attractive, at least for now. The Fed announced Wednesday that it’s keeping its benchmark interest rate unchanged, holding steady ...

Create your budget, delineating fixed costs from variable costs. State the latter as as "a percentage of the relevant activity measures or as a cost per unit of activity measure."* ...

For example, rent, phone bills and a nurse manager's salary are fixed, while medical supplies and office supplies are variable. As the unit's activity level increases, it is expected that both ...

A lot of seasonal companies depend on the weather. Pumpkin patches and Christmas tree farms are booming in the fall and winter, while golf courses and beachfront ice cream shops t ...

For example, the average rate for a two-year fixed deal with a 5% deposit is 5.54%, down 0.03% from 5.57% in the week commencing April 7.

On Thursday the Mayor of Cape Town will table the City’s draft budget for 2025/26. At first glance, the budget includes various new “fix charges” that the city calls “a reform to the current tariff ...

To create a budget in QuickBooks Online, for example, you break down your estimated income and expenses across each area of your business. Then, the software calculates figures like gross profit ...

Fixed costs and variable costs are the two major inputs used by a company's management team to determine budgets and control expenses in relation to revenues. Unlike variable costs, which change ...