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Consumer sentiment rose again in September according to the University of Michigan's monthly survey. The optimism is not evenly distributed among households, however.
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American traffic deaths dropped 2% in 2019. It was the third consecutive annual decline. But these deaths rose more than 32% in Wyoming.
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Destruction from wildfires is not limited to small cities and towns located away from major U.S. cities. Here are the 10 metro areas that have higher risks for wildfire damage and the highest levels...
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U.S. wildfires cause billions of dollars in damage to homes and property every year. A new report from CoreLogic shows the 15 states where the destruction is greatest.
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Small businesses are often collectively referred to as the backbone of the U.S. economy. While the stock market managed to recapture all of the losses from February and March and hit new all-time...
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Consumers are looking more confident in September than had been expected. Other data had indicated a weakening in the strength of the recovery.
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Older workers who lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic have dropped out of the workforce or are having more difficulty finding new jobs than are younger workers.
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According to the Federal Reserve, , there was some good news and some bad news in the wealth gap and disparities among different races in America.
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The Dallas Fed's Texas manufacturing survey indicates continued improvement in the state's economy.
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The U.S. Commerce Department reported that August's new orders for manufactured durable goods increased, but not as much as expected.
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While the current recession may rob many people in the United States of their opportunity to have the American dream in their future, for the residents in one place, that chance is close to zero.
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New research shows that almost 12% of American adults with children said they were in households where their children did not have enough to eat.
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The Business Roundtable's third-quarter revision to its economic outlook has brightened but opportunities for a stalled recovery remain.
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The Federal Reserve's new efforts of targeting inflation to get up to and above 2% in consumer prices might not even matter.
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The Congressional Budget Office publishes each year a nonpartisan long-term projection of what it expects will be seen in federal deficits, debt, spending, and revenues. The annual report looks out...
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