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The Chicago Fed National Activity Index declined in August, echoing the ongoing trend of a slowing economic recovery.
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The effect that the environment has on the places people live in America has been in stark relief this month. But one tiny corner of America almost certainly will not be affected by climate change...
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At the bottom of the latest Wall Street Journal list of America's best colleges is Youngstown State University. See how it compares with Harvard, which tops the list.
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24/7 Wall St. has tracked Friday's reports, and there seems to be a slight divergence of what the consumer sentiment report looks like against actual consumer spending patterns.
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According to the University of Michigan's preliminary September consumer sentiment survey, Americans are more upbeat about the U.S. economy, but the upcoming election and an approved COVID-19 vaccine...
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The United States appears to be getting safer overall, according to the FBI’s latest violent crime data. Yet the improvement was not uniform across all states.
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It is unusual for there to be dissent inside the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee this soon after the start of the worst recession in the modern era. While Jerome Powell and the FOMC members did...
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The riots in dozens of U.S. cities so far this year are the most expensive on record.
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The Census Bureau recently published its latest report on income and poverty in the United States. The U.S. poverty rate declined year over year in 2019, and most groups benefited. But inequality...
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Italy, France and Spain rely so much on tourism and the exports of discretionary purchase items that their economies may be ruined as much as in the Great Recession.
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The Census Bureau's advance report on August retail sales indicates the U.S. economy is going through a slow-motion recovery.
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The global economy has been recovering more quickly than expected according to the latest economic outlook from the OECD. However, the recovery is tenuous and its sustainability relies on confidence...
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While the official poverty rate was 10.5% last year, the level varies sharply from state to state. In Mississippi, the figure was 82% higher than the national average.
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In 2019, the U.S. level of poverty was the best it has been in decades, but the official rate does not take into account everything.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has lifted uncertainty among many retailers and other firms related to how many seasonal employees they'll be hiring. A repeat of last year's strong hiring is unlikely.
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