Articles filed under Economy
-
American roadtrippers to face $3 a gallon gas this summerMay 18, 2018 1:00 am - U.S. drivers might be feeling flush after getting tax cuts amid a growing economy as they embark on the summer driving season, but road trips will cost more this year. D...
-
Analysis: What's wrong here? Unemployment is below 4 percent, but wage growth is still lousyMay 13, 2018 1:00 am - The unemployment rate has dropped below 4 percent for the first time in 18 years, and the truth of the matter is we have no idea how much further it can go. That's the s...
-
More Americans expect to work until 70; there are benefitsMay 13, 2018 1:00 am - When it comes to retirement, later may be better. Americans long viewed 65 as the age to stop working. It was considered full retirement age by Social Security for many,...
-
'They are so underpaid': School support staff scrape by on meager earningsApr 29, 2018 1:00 am - OKLAHOMA CITY - Jessica Morales gets to Prairie Queen Elementary before the bell rings. In class, she is a lifeline for recent immigrant students, translating lessons th...
-
Your chances of an IRS audit are way down. But keep it on the up and up.Apr 08, 2018 1:15 am - WASHINGTON - Just because the Internal Revenue Service is auditing the fewest tax returns in years, and just because the IRS has thousands fewer enforcement agents to lo...
-
Surprise! Homes are more affordable now than in the pastApr 08, 2018 1:07 am - Anyone looking at rising housing prices - especially people who would like to buy their first home now - would assume that houses are less affordable than ever before. H...
-
Analysis: How to lose a lot of money in the stock marketApr 08, 2018 1:07 am - A 40-ish colleague approached me at my desk in the middle of the March market turbulence and announced that he was selling equities and buying bonds. Long pause. OK, I s...
-
Deepest Trump country has finally recovered jobs lost in the recessionApr 08, 2018 1:05 am - Deepest Trump country has only recently recovered the jobs it lost because of the Great Recession. We define "Trump country" as the broad confederation of rural areas, m...
-
Say goodbye to the 0 percent auto loan eraApr 08, 2018 1:00 am - Carmakers that used zero-percent financing offers to juice sales at the height of the American auto boom are starting to abandon them as rising interest rates lift their...
-
A personal financial catastrophe can have grave health consequencesApr 08, 2018 1:00 am - Middle-aged people who suffer a massive and sudden loss of wealth also face an increased risk of death — similar to receiving a new diagnosis of coronary heart disease, ...