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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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The World Air Quality Index project tracks air pollution in tens of thousands of locations around the world. White Salmon, Washington, now has literally off the charts of air pollution measurements.
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Prices were higher in August, but not by levels that should have the inflation worriers overly concerned.
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This year that has seen some of the most dramatic and impactful changes to society, not just in America, but around the world. Jefferies has six surprises and six predictions from its exhaustive...
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its Producer Price Index for final demand in August, and there was no spike in the inflation report.
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Today, the worst air quality is not in India, China, Pakistan or Bangladesh. It is in the western U.S. states, where wildfires are raging.
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