Articles filed under Economy
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Analysis: Do wages always rise when corporate tax rates go down?Oct 01, 2017 7:00 am - America's middle class is hungry for a raise after years of stagnant pay. President Donald Trump keeps saying that he can make bigger paychecks happen. Trump argues that...
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Analysis: The GOP tax plan, explained in simple termsSep 28, 2017 1:00 am - The big tax code makeover President Donald Trump and Republicans have been promising for months is finally out. It's nine pages long. That may sound like a lengthy docum...
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Analysis: The shrinking gender wage gap and what it means for menSep 24, 2017 7:20 am - The Census Bureau recently reported some bright news: Middle-class incomes rose last year to the highest level ever recorded, a long-awaited sign of healing from the Gre...
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Analysis: The most important economic fight going on right nowSep 24, 2017 7:17 am - This is what passes for good news nowadays: Middle-class households might finally be making more money, in inflation-adjusted, or "real," terms, than they were in 1999. ...
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What's America's highest-earning state?Sep 17, 2017 7:19 am - Pop quiz: Which U.S. state had the highest median income in 2016? New York or California, perhaps, home to some of the nation's wealthiest cities? Maryland or Virginia, ...
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Think rural America is falling behind? Think again.Sep 17, 2017 7:17 am - We've heard a lot about America's struggling rural areas in the past year. Forgotten America, where men and women lead hardscrabble lives marked by poverty, lack of oppo...
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Middle class saw record high earnings in 2016Sep 17, 2017 7:17 am - America's middle class had its highest-earning year ever in 2016, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday. Median household income in America was $59,039 last year, surp...
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