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While the simple explanation of an inverted yield curve means that longer-term interest rates (bond yields) have gone lower than short-term ones, there is a discrepancy about what the definition...
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Despite trade tensions with China in the past few weeks, consumer confidence is relatively high, according to the Conference Board. In fact, the numbers are near an 18-year high.
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Recent jobs and economic reports herald good tidings, though growth across the country has been uneven. Many families and towns are still hurting, with 46 million Americans living below the poverty...
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Morgan Stanley economists are the latest to say that American growth will be undermined by the huge trade war between China and the United States.
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The OECD became the latest organization to warn that a U.S. trade war with China could put an anchor on the global economy. The notion that one nation will win with no effect on GDP and that the...
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Is China threatening to cut off exports of rare earth metals and products to the United States? Is that really a good idea?
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The IMF joins the group of institutions and individual economists that say consumers are the undisputed losers in the U.S.-China trade war.
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The fastest growing city in America last year was a modest-sized one in Arizona, according to new Census data.
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New Census data released Thursday shows that New York is still America's largest city, but among the biggest cities in the United States, five are in Texas.
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For companies that want to flee China because of tariff wars, several nations are logical alternatives to China though, because of both their production capacity and likely low labor costs.
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With Memorial Day coming at the end of this week, and the official start of summer a month away, American workers have begun to make vacation plans.
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The IRS has released its latest report on fiscal year 2018 federal tax collections. Quite a few things have changed since 1960.
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April saw slower growth than March as declines were seen in the production-related indicators of Chicago Fed National Activity Index.
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Many economists who analyze global GDP trends would argue strongly that the U.S. is largely responsible for China’s growth in recent decades. America has turned to China’s massive and inexpensive...
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If you listened to certain factions of mainstream media, the tariffs against China might have you fearing that a full-blown recession is coming on the back of an all-out trade war. Apparently,...
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