Articles filed under Economy
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US consumer inflation up 6.8% in past year, most since 1982Dec 10, 2021 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) — Prices for U.S. consumers jumped 6.8% in November compared with a year earlier as surging costs for food, energy, housing and other items left American...
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Survey: Americans with medical debt more worried about cost than healthDec 08, 2021 12:00 am - A new survey from Discover Personal Loans revealed 58% of Americans took steps to address an unexpected expense since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether the...
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Democrats end deadlock, U.S. House approves $1 trillion infrastructure billNov 05, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The House approved a $1 trillion package of road and other infrastructure projects late Friday after Democrats resolved a months-long standoff between ...
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The end of student loan forbearance will be tougher on womenOct 17, 2021 6:00 am - Before the pandemic, wage disparities already made it tougher for working women to pay off student loans than men. Now, after a second year of juggling increased caregiv...
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Editorial: At 50, Woodfield remains the gamble that paid offSep 10, 2021 1:00 am - In 1971, then-Schaumburg Mayor Robert Atcher took a trip to London, stopping in to see one of its city planners. The planner, he claimed, greeted him with "How's Woodfie...
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Pay for your kid's college? 3 times to think twiceAug 29, 2021 6:00 am - The debate over student loan debt often neglects a significant group: parents. About 1 in every 3 dollars the federal government lent for undergraduate education last ye...
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Kimberly Palmer: How to bounce back when your income dropsAug 29, 2021 6:00 am - Losing income is never easy, but it's become increasingly common over the last year and a half: According to the Pew Research Center, 44 percent of U.S. adults say their...
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Help to prevent evictions lagging in Kane County as moratorium's expiration loomsAug 20, 2021 5:30 am - Only $4.3M of $15M in aid for Kane County residents, landlords has been distributed
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Schaumburg Library program to help holders of foreign degreesAug 02, 2021 1:00 am - Refugees and immigrants with foreign degrees will learn about opportunities to get back into their professional fields during an online program with the Schaumburg Towns...
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Fed notes improving economy, a step toward easing supportJul 28, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that the U.S. economy is strengthening and making progress on the Fed's employment and inflation goals, a small step...