Articles filed under Economy
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The surprising reasons these Midwest states are the last bastion of retirement plansMay 24, 2020 6:13 am - The heyday of U.S. employer-provided retirement plans, 1999 to 2002, feels like a bygone era. Americans were worried about Y2K and Dick Cheney, and the first millennials...
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Reopening U.S. economy will mean creating all kinds of new jobsMay 24, 2020 6:00 am - Thermal scanners in Utah and Maryland. Contact tracers in San Francisco. Decontamination technicians in Miami. Meet the people needed to keep the post-COVID-19 economy r...
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Millennial Money: Put off debt payments to start saving nowMay 23, 2020 6:14 am - It's our new normal: Tens of millions of Americans are unemployed or on a reduced income. We're social distancing and spending more time at home. But one thing hasn't ch...
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Bartering is back: When life gives you lemons, trade them for a neighbor's hand sanitizerMay 17, 2020 6:23 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Tammy Calhoun traded a loaf of freshly baked bread and a few homegrown avocados for a neighbor's help planting a vegetable garden in her front yard last ...
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Read this before you file your tax returnMay 17, 2020 6:11 am - April 15 is receding in the rearview mirror, but Tax Day 2020 is rising ahead like a fog bank on a mountain road. It's a confusing time for U.S. taxpayers who now have u...
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Women have been hit hardest by job losses in the pandemic. And it may only get worse.May 16, 2020 6:22 am - The last time Americans faced an economic crisis, it was called a "Mancession." As millions of people lost their jobs in the Great Recession, 70 percent were men, many i...
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Millennial Money: Still employed? Focus on savings and debtMay 10, 2020 6:19 am - The coronavirus pandemic has thrown tens of millions of people into financial turmoil. But not everyone is feeling the pinch. Not yet, at least. Roughly a quarter of Ame...
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Analysis: Here's what to do before you lose your jobMay 09, 2020 6:11 am - The most severe job losses may have already happened, but that doesn't mean more employees won't be getting "the call" from HR. The first phase of layoffs hit front-line...
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Another 74,000 file first-time unemployment claims in IllinoisMay 07, 2020 1:00 am - Another 3.2 million Americans filed for unemployment during the week ending May 2, including more than 74,476 Illinoisans. That brought the total number of insured unemp...
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How the pandemic consumed the labor marketMay 03, 2020 6:24 am - As the novel coronavirus pandemic brought business to a halt, the pain rippled outward, blowing up sector after sector. According to a detailed analysis of unemployment ...