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It's almost as if we can't win when shopping in New Jersey

With a Rutgers-Eagleton Poll recently showing the economy is the biggest issue before the midterm elections, another, newer survey finds more people are cutting back on things they don't need to survive.

The Senate's top Democrat said Thursday that he and President Barack Obama will not approve a stopgap spending bill if it kicks Washington's unfinished budget business into next year, as some tea party conservatives are demanding.

The Commerce Department says consumer spending was unchanged in December after rising 0.5 percent in November.

A government report released Tuesday estimates that this year's budget deficit will rise to $544 billion, an increase over prior estimates that can be attributed largely to tax cuts and spending increases passed by Congress last month. The deficit and debt picture over the long-term has also worsened considerably.

Congress on Friday sent President Barack Obama a bipartisan but deficit draining year-end budget package that boosts federal agency spending and awards tax cuts to both families and a sweeping array of business interests.

A new report finds many New Jerseyans plan on changing their spending and saving habits in 2016.

Bad weather and rising gasoline prices pushed U.S. consumer sentiment a bit lower in March.

A new report examines "financial infidelity." We have compiled a list of some of the most common big-ticket purchases that partners are hiding from each other. Do you have a secret spending item or story? Share it with us in comments, below...

Whether it is a designer handbag, a television or a secret credit card bill, have you ever made a big purchase without telling your significant other?