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More than 40 million Americans live below the poverty line – an income threshold of about $35 per day, or $1,073 a month. Of those facing such extreme financial hardship, children are...
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Inflation has driven up the prices of nearly all goods and services, including necessary items such as groceries. The cost of a gallon of milk is up 25% compared to pre-pandemic prices. According to...
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Americans paid off nearly $100 billion in credit card debt in the early months of the pandemic, as shutdowns across the country found much of the population isolating in their homes and thus not...
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The recently released May inflation numbers were extremely high — again. Month after month, government officials, businesses, and individuals hope the upward pressure on prices — of items such as...
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Inflation has driven up the prices of nearly all goods and services, including necessary items such as groceries. The cost of a gallon of milk is up 25% compared to pre-pandemic prices. According to...
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Listing the most affordable metros for gasoline is becoming an increasingly challenging endeavor as the economic news becomes grimmer. The Labor Department on Friday said the consumer price index...
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The recently released May inflation numbers were extremely high — again. Month after month, government officials, businesses, and individuals hope the upward pressure on prices — of items such as...
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Student debt, incurred as a result of getting a college education, is a burden not just for young Americans, but it has negative repercussions for the economy overall. Debt hampers recently graduated...
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Rising income inequality in the United States has been a central economic major for years, as more income is captured by the top 20% wealthiest households every year. According to a Pew Research...
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Inflation has driven up the prices of nearly all goods and services, including necessary items such as groceries. The cost of a gallon of milk is up 25% compared to pre-pandemic prices. According to...
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Inflation has driven up the prices of nearly all goods and services, including necessary items such as groceries. The cost of a gallon of milk is up 25% compared to pre-pandemic prices. According to...
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The U.S. poverty rate stood at 11.4% in 2020, up 1.0 percentage points from 2019, according to Census Bureau estimates. This marked the first increase after five consecutive yearly declines....
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If big city life is not for you, you’re not alone. Eight out of the 10 largest U.S. cities lost population during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, as families moved to the adjacent...
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Considering important factors like recent growth in employment and wages and the number of college-educated residents, Utah has a lot going for it. The Beehive State has been in a decade-long...
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The share of Americans working from home skyrocketed during the pandemic. A recent Gallup study found that 45% of full-time workers in the United States – and two-thirds of white-collar workers –...
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