With those slices taken out of your paycheck, whatever you have left is your discretionary income. Here's everything you need ...

Discretionary income is what someone has left over for saving or spending after taxes and living expenses have been paid. A person’s discretionary income is what they have left over from their ...

Businesses and individuals pay for discretionary expenses with discretionary income—the amount of money left over after paying for housing, food, taxes, and other necessities. When times are ...

When consumer confidence is high and unemployment is low, people have more discretionary income to spend on non-essential items. On the other hand, when the economy is struggling, consumers tend ...

Disposable income is an often-misunderstood term. It suggests we have "disposable" money that we really don't care about. But the truth is, most of us care about every penny of it, and many of us ...