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In the middle of next month, Social Security payments are likely to be increased, but that boost will be eaten by inflation.
If Republicans make gains in Congress, expect less heat on Big Oil and more scrutiny of clean tech subsidies.
Eligible residents could get a stimulus check from West Virginia of up to $465 this week.
Idaho residents could soon get the tax rebate that the state legislature promised earlier this month.
Despite the uptick in interest rates and concerns about the economy, mortgage demand remains strong.
One state is now accepting applications to offer stimulus checks to undocumented immigrants.
The argument that Social Security will run out of money has gone on for years. Recently, the odds that will happen have taken a sharp turn up.
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker plans to return about $3 billion in excess revenues to eligible residents in the form of a tax refund.
This stimulus check from Roanoke is part of the personal property tax rebate program that lawmakers approved a few months back.
California is preparing to send a relief payment to help households fight the rising costs due to inflation.
The unemployment rate in August was near a four decade low at 3.7%. It is, at this point in time, the culmination of one of the most profound, rapid changes in the job rates in recent memory. Prior...
The U.S. jobless rate went on a wild roller coaster ride at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The unemployment rate in February 2020 was near a four decade low at 3.5%. That surged to 14.7% in...
The two primary government measures of inflation both signaled that prices continue to rise sharply. The Consumer Price Index posted an 8.3% increase year over previous year in August. It rose .1%...
High inflation puts the European Central Bank in a position to consider raising key interest rates again to bring the inflation rate back to its target of 2%.
The most recent prediction of a recession next year comes from the new CEO of FedEx, which is an economic indicator unto itself.