Happy Wednesday, MarketWatchers! Here are the top personal finance stories of the day.
Personal Finance Should you let your teenager get plastic surgery?
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons released new guidance for cosmetic procedures on teens.
This is how much a private college will cost when your baby grows up
A new study recommends new parents start saving now.
In Missouri you can now go to jail for calling tofu meat
Consumer advocates cry foul over new law that they say doesn’t help manufacturers and restaurants.
Not everyone sitting in the back of the class is a slacker
A new study suggests that where students sit in the lecture hall doesn’t impact their grades.
40% of Americans struggle to pay for at least one basic need like food or rent
New data from the Urban Institute found that ‘food insecurity’ was the most common hardship.
Even your 20-something kid can qualify for this new child tax credit
A new credit for dependents covers children up to age 23 who live at home.
Why you should hide your child’s Social Security number
More than 1 million children have their identities stolen each year.
Children head back to school in a heat wave, and that could make it difficult for them to study
Schools in poorer communities are less likely to have the money to keep students cool.
US Open’s coveted ball person jobs can net full-time gigs
Every year, Tina Taps evaluates her crew’s performance, and in April, she invites the top ball people to return.
How to make your college spending money last all semester
You may have a part-time job, or you started with a lump sum. But where did all the money go?
Elsewhere on MarketWatch Ron DeSantis slammed for telling voters not to ‘monkey it up’ and vote for his black gubernatorial opponent in Florida
Donald Trump-backed Rep. Ron DeSantis, fresh off his win in Florida’s GOP primary on Tuesday, issued a warning about voting for his Democratic gubernatorial opponent Andrew Gillum that some are calling a “racist dog whistle.”
Powell was not as dovish at Jackson Hole as markets believe: Goldman Sachs
The bond market’s view that Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech at Jackson Hole was dovish is mistaken, according to economists at Goldman Sachs.
If ‘facts and science still matter,’ as Jerry Brown claims, then you need to see this scary visualization on rising temperatures
A research scientist at the Finnish Meteorological Institute found a fresh way to illustrate climate change.
Second quarter even stronger than it first looked: GDP raised to 4.2% from 4.1%
The surging U.S. economy was even stronger in the spring than initially reported thanks to higher government spending and business investment. And companies cashed in big time. Gross domestic product expanded at a 4.2% annual pace in the second quarter.
Canada voices optimism on Nafta and says auto deal reached
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said bilateral talks with the Trump administration toward a revamped North American Free Trade Agreement kicked off in earnest Wednesday, and reiterated her optimism about success now that issues related automobiles is largely resolved.
Pending home sales stumble as housing market momentum wanes
An index of home contract signings declined sharply in July, another reminder that the housing market remains weak.
Bank regulator opens discussion of rewriting rules on lending to poor neighborhoods
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency opened public discussion on revamping the Community Reinvestment Act, a step that could impact billions of dollars of lending
Home-price growth slows again, Case-Shiller says
Home-price growth was cooler in the three-month period ending in June according to a closely-watched price tracker, a step toward bringing the tight market back in reach of more buyers.
U.S. probing whether laundered funds used to pay Chris Christie, Trump lawyer
The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether a fugitive Malaysian financier laundered tens of millions of dollars through two associates and used the funds to pay a U.S. legal team that includes former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and a lawyer who represents President Trump, according to people familiar with the matter.
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