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With inflation remaining low and the Federal Reserve unlikely to make any changes to the funds rate, here's what's in store for interest rates on mortgages, car loans and other personal finance...
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Two new studies that looked at opioid-related deaths among workers in two industries hit hard by job losses appear to come to different conclusions about the impact of opioid-related deaths.
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Consumer sentiment is closing 2019 at a two-year high according to research firm Morning Consult. How long can this go on?
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The world population will be more than 7.62 billion as the clock ticks into the first moments of January 1, 2020, a year-over-year increase of about 1%.
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As the clock hits midnight and a new decade begins January 1, the population of the United States will reach more than 330.2 million.
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Former President Barack Obama and current president Donald Trump were picked by the most Americans as the "person they admired most" in 2019, according to Gallup.
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People who put the search term "Bloomberg" into Google will find an ad above the listings for the Bloomberg presidential campaign.
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Santa traveled over 200,000 miles, by one account, and delivered nearly 8 billion gifts on Christmas Eve. Two organizations kept track of his progress around the world for the day before Christmas...
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The Morning Consult consumer sentiment index has reached its highest level in nearly two years as holiday season spending continues to outpace last year.
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It's 118° Fahrenheit in Birdsville, which is located in the desert in the state of Queensland, Australia. It is routinely one of the hottest places in the world.
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With just one day until Christmas, every retailer is battling toward the end of the shopping season. However, for some, it may be their last.
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As the U.S. government begins it once per decade count of the nation's population, there was worry that the process would be underfunded, which means it would be less likely the count would be...
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What has changed in the United States, and changed the country, in the past decade? Among those things at the top of the list is record unemployment, the rise of wireless devices and the ubiquity of...
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U.S. consumer sentiment reached a seven-month high in December, according to the University of Michigan Survey of Consumer Sentiment. Most of the gain was recorded among upper-income households.
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Personal income increased more in November than in October, due to gains in employee compensation, farming income and personal interest income.
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