Articles filed under Economy
-
The surprisingly high number of Americans getting absolutely no raisesDec 02, 2018 12:16 am - One of the great puzzles of this economic expansion has been the tepid increase in wages, even as the unemployment rate has declined to 3.7 percent, its lowest point sin...
-
How to make the most of the child tax credit this yearDec 02, 2018 12:12 am - The wallet-emptying experience of raising kids understandably fuels a lot of interest in the child tax credit, but thanks to some big changes recently, the fascination c...
-
The new boomtowns: Why more people are relocating to 'secondary' citiesNov 11, 2018 12:15 am - As they began planning their future together, Ashley Brown and her fiance, Aaron Shuman, concluded that they could no longer remain in Los Angeles because it was getting...
-
Tax law changes make passing down large fortunes much easierNov 04, 2018 1:12 am - The teams had to be big, because the work was so complicated. A single aging rich person would often hire more than a dozen people - accountants, estate administrators, ...
-
Americans are saving less to sustain spending as income gains coolNov 04, 2018 1:00 am - Americans kept on spending in September as income gains cooled, pushing down the savings rate to the lowest this year. Inflation matched the Federal Reserve's target, re...
-
Tiny houses catch on in war on homelessnessNov 04, 2018 1:00 am - KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The 13 tiny houses sit in neat rows on the small plot of land in south Kansas City. There's a comforting uniformity to the group, each structure a sim...
-
What the Forever stamp teaches us about inflation - and the value of a thingOct 28, 2018 1:09 am - In these low-inflation days, there aren't many businesses that would dare impose an overnight price hike of 10 percent on their best-known product - and that would simul...
-
U.S. economy grew at strong 3.5 percent rate in Q3Oct 26, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. economy grew at a robust annual rate of 3.5 percent in the July-September quarter as the strongest burst of consumer spending in nearly four y...
-
The cannabis industry is hiring. One snag: Pot is still illegalOct 14, 2018 1:06 am - Mainstream executives want in on the cannabis craze. That's not surprising, with the value of some Canadian pot businesses topping $10 billion and Coca-Cola Co. and Mols...
-
Analysis: It's better to be born rich than talentedOct 14, 2018 1:05 am - A revolution in genomics is creeping into economics. It allows us to say something we might have suspected, but could never confirm: money trumps genes. Using one new, g...