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Among the advantages of a nation with a central government controlled by one ruling party is that local organizations can be shielded from forces from outside the country.
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The Congressional Budget Office Tuesday projected that U.S. debt repayment will equal Social Security spending by 2048.
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The Dallas Fed published its June manufacturing report Monday morning. The state's manufacturing activity continues to rise but at a slower pace.
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New research from the University of Georgia estimates that by 2030 a total of 111 million tons of plastic waste will have nowhere to go except into landfills and polluting the envirnoment.
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A robust economy and gasoline prices that have reversed their increase will help boost travel over the July 4th holiday by nearly million people.
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The Business Roundtable late Tuesday issued a statement opposing President Trump's proposal to add $200 billion in additional tariffs on Chinese imports.
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About 10% of millennials say they usually leave nothing as a tip for a server when dining out at a restaurant, but they aren't the only demographic that is stingy.
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As the Trump administration threatened tariffs of $200 billion on China imports, the People's Republic was quick to react.
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President Trump on Friday morning announced tariffs on 1,102 products imported from China. The Middle Kingdom was quick to respond and a trade war unwanted by all but the President and a few of his...
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The University of Michigan's preliminary report on consumer sentiment for June rose slightly month over month and the year-over-year level is 4.5% higher than the early June 2017 report.
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The Census Bureau reported Thursday that year-over-year retail sales soared nearly 6% in May. With only a couple of exceptions, sales in every category rose last month.
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In Riga, Latvia, this morning, the European Central Bank announced that it will leave its 0% interest rate unchanged. The bank also said it will begin winding down is asset purchase program in...
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The Fed's FOMC voted unanimously Wednesday to raise the Fed funds rate by one-quarter point to a new range of 1.75% to 2%. The committee also sees core inflation rising slowly to 2.1% next year.
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Today's report on May's producer price index (PPI) came in a bit hotter than analysts expected. Typically that woud ratchet up warnings about rising inflation, but with a Fed announcement out later,...
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the Month of May and it did not disappoint. The topline number for CPI, the all items index, met the Bloomberg...
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