Greg Iacurci
Greg Iacurci is a personal finance reporter at CNBC who covers the point where household money decisions meet policy, markets and the real economy. His core focus spans travel, retirement, investing, labor market trends and broader economic forces that shape everyday financial choices. Across his reporting he returns to a single question: how rules, risks and shocks translate into concrete dollars for consumers, especially around health costs, retirement security and investing behavior.
Health insurance costs, ACA changes and financial strain
Iacurci devotes a substantial share of his coverage to the financial impact of health insurance and Affordable Care Act marketplace dynamics on households. He has broken down projections that employer and ACA plans could see premium increases near 10% or more in 2027, documenting how GLP‑1 drugs, general inflation, provider consolidation and expiring subsidies push costs higher. He has explained proposed median double‑digit premium hikes by insurers in the ACA marketplace and translated those figures into the pressure they create on family budgets. His work follows policy decisions through to outcomes, including stories on Obamacare refund checks worth $500, where he details who qualifies and how income thresholds around 400% of the federal poverty line determine eligibility.
In broadcast reporting, he has examined why ACA enrollment is falling for the first time in years, profiling households facing sharply higher premiums after enhanced subsidies expire and showing the trade‑offs they make to keep coverage or drop it. He extends the same lens to other insurance areas, such as homeowners policies, highlighting that more than 70% of homeowners are likely underinsured by roughly 20% and spelling out common coverage gaps around floods, jewelry and other excluded risks.
This health and insurance beat consistently ties regulatory changes and market pricing back to the everyday choices and vulnerabilities of consumers.
Retirement decisions, investing behavior and market swings
Iacurci’s personal finance coverage gives equal weight to long‑term retirement planning and near‑term market volatility.
He has reported on how a stock boom driven by artificial intelligence enthusiasm is fueling a “retirement party” among older workers, tracing double‑digit annual returns since 2023, the resulting wealth effect and the collapse in labor force participation among older Americans. In those pieces he also outlines the risks for new retirees if stocks reverse, connecting portfolio losses to broader job‑market and economic consequences.
His Your Money work includes guidance‑oriented reporting on turning retirement savings into income, where he explores research on the 4% rule and alternative withdrawal strategies. He covers annuities not as abstract products but as longevity insurance, documenting how many retirees approach them as investments instead and how that misframing can trip them up, drawing on advisor perspectives about guaranteed income.
Iacurci regularly examines Social Security timing, including pieces that argue for delaying claims even when cost‑of‑living adjustments are high, and he quantifies healthcare costs in retirement with estimates such as a major provider’s projection that 2026 retirees may spend around $185,500 on medical expenses. On the investing side he has written about bond losses as a potential tax break via tax‑loss harvesting, explaining mechanics and constraints, and about AI‑driven stock swings and what they mean for 401(k) savers.
He situates war and geopolitical risk inside retail portfolios, with stories on why the stock market hits records despite the Iran war and others on Iran war market jitters that still offer a silver lining for investors willing to reassess risk. Across these articles he moves between macro context and household tactics, emphasizing asset allocation, risk tolerance, tax implications and the durability of retirement income streams.
Work, income, debt and everyday cash‑flow
Labor market trends and the structure of household income are another consistent thread in Iacurci’s beat. He has reported on employers’ concerns that workers’ finances are “out of whack,” using survey data to show how widespread financial stress is among employees.
His coverage of unemployment and tax policy includes pieces on how to cut income to secure the $10,200 unemployment tax break, walking through eligibility thresholds and the practical steps workers can take within the tax code. In newer reporting he has explored the rise of “income stacking,” documenting why Gen Z juggles multiple jobs, how that affects benefits and taxes, and what it means for financial resilience.
He has looked at consumers turning to buy now, pay later for essential expenses, outlining repayment risks and how short‑term financing can compound debt burdens. His work on expats shows that living abroad does not end U.S. tax obligations, breaking down filing requirements and common misconceptions among younger workers overseas.
Across these pieces he ties employment conditions, credit use and tax rules to day‑to‑day cash flow, illustrating how small decisions around borrowing, side gigs and withholding can accumulate into meaningful financial outcomes.
Technology, regulation and the way people get financial advice
Iacurci regularly covers how new tools and regulatory experiments change the advice and access landscape for retail investors. He has written about proposals from securities regulators to use an investor exam to expand access to private markets, explaining how such tests might work and what thresholds would open more complex products to individuals.
His reporting on AI in personal finance includes articles on the “art” of writing prompts for money questions, featuring expert views from academic sources on where large language models can and cannot substitute for tailored advice. In interviews with economists and technologists he has highlighted concerns that AI tools deliver authoritative‑sounding answers even when they are wrong, and he has stressed the risks of relying on them for household‑specific calculations.
He also examines how politics intersects with newer asset classes, including coverage of data showing Republicans buy crypto more than Democrats and analysis of the attitudes and motivations driving that partisan investing divide.
His social presence reinforces this focus: his X biography identifies him as a personal finance reporter at CNBC and points to his ongoing work on travel and household money issues. Taken together, these stories show him tracking how innovation and policy reshape access to markets, the quality of advice and the behavioral patterns of everyday investors.
Inflation, prices and the cost of living
Inflation and consumer prices are another recurring focus of Iacurci’s beat. He has produced “inflation breakdown” pieces that distill monthly data into single‑chart explainers, showing which categories drive overall price changes and how those moves ripple through household budgets.
His work often ties price dynamics to practical questions, such as whether to buy airfare amid the Iran war or wait out the conflict, and how shrinking travel shoulder seasons affect the savings available to leisure and business travelers.
He has covered used‑car markets, explaining why vehicles under $20,000 tend to sell quickly and how electric‑vehicle prices are not following typical used‑car patterns, with implications for buyers and sellers. He also documents how rising health costs add to inflation pressures, linking medical premiums and out‑of‑pocket spending back to broader affordability concerns for families. In each case he treats inflation not as an abstract statistic but as a set of specific price movements that define the cost of living for consumers.
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