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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.
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If Republicans make gains in Congress, expect less heat on Big Oil and more scrutiny of clean tech subsidies.
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Eligible residents could get a stimulus check from West Virginia of up to $465 this week.
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Idaho residents could soon get the tax rebate that the state legislature promised earlier this month.
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Despite the uptick in interest rates and concerns about the economy, mortgage demand remains strong.
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One state is now accepting applications to offer stimulus checks to undocumented immigrants.
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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.
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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker plans to return about $3 billion in excess revenues to eligible residents in the form of a tax refund.
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This stimulus check from Roanoke is part of the personal property tax rebate program that lawmakers approved a few months back.
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California is preparing to send a relief payment to help households fight the rising costs due to inflation.
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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...
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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...
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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%...
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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%.
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The most recent prediction of a recession next year comes from the new CEO of FedEx, which is an economic indicator unto itself.
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