Consumers are pushing back on being asked to buy more stuff with 'no-spend 2024'

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A composite of images taken from TikTok which show three social media users posing alongside text that list the items they wont be buying in 2024.
Some TikTokers pledged to cut back on fast food and streaming services in the new year.

TikTok: @miawestrap, @nobuy2024, @anisaanorve

Here's what analysts see in store for stocks as the US government barrels towards a shutdown

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The US government has more than a 50% chance of shutting down, Goldman Sachs warned.

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US debt interest payments are unsustainable and flash 'huge warning signs' as they take over federal spending, budget expert warns

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NASA spent billions on its SLS mega-rocket to take humans to the moon. It finally admitted it is 'unaffordable.'

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The SLS rocket stands at Launch Pad 39B, on November 11, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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The 'bougie broke' guide for living the high life started out as a joke. But it's getting embraced on TikTok — and it says a lot about the world we live in.

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A 'bougie broke' guide full of intentionally bad suggestions for living the high life is getting knocked on Twitter. But people on TikTok are embracing the trend, and it says a lot about the world we live in.

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Ron DeSantis is eyeing cutting Social Security for people 'in their 30s and 40s' — but 'totally not' for seniors

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Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida.

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'Bougie broke' is the latest financial trend sweeping the internet, and it's all about living large with a small budget

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'Bougie broke' is the latest financial trend sweeping the internet, and it's all about living large with a small budget.

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Social Security recipients could face 'a rapid increase of wait times' to receive benefits if Congress fails to increase funding for the program, according to the union representing its workers

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Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California .

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Biden promised student-loan borrowers cheaper payments and more debt relief. The government might not have enough money for everyone to actually get those benefits.

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President Joe Biden speaks on the student-debt-relief plan in the South Court Auditorium at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on October 17, 2022, in Washington, DC. Biden gave an update on the student-debt-relief-portal beta test.
President Joe Biden speaks on the student-debt-relief plan in the South Court Auditorium at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on October 17, 2022, in Washington, DC.

Hollywood writers: Tell us what you earn and how you budget as the WGA prepares to strike for more pay

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Writers Guild of America West headquarters in Los Angeles.

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