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We're on track for a soft economic landing, but it still feels like the economy stinks
After a scary few months of economic data that had investors fearing a recession and stagflation, t…
Dan DeFrancesco
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Interest-rate cuts could be coming this fall, adding another wrinkle to an election set to focus on the economy
Inflation is cooling just in time for a US presidential election that will likely focus heavily on …
Dan DeFrancesco
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Remote workers are about to get a rude awakening
A new study shows that moving away from a big city can be bad for your career.
Aki Ito
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US jobless claims mark a full recovery to pre-COVID lows, sliding to 199,000
Jobless claims hit their lowest point since 1969 while continuing claims fell to 2.05 million for t…
Ben Winck,Madison Hoff
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The US housing market will finally be back to normal in 2023 — but prices will be stuck permanently higher
Fannie Mae economists see home-price growth matching its pre-COVID average of 5% in early 2023. By …
Ben Winck,Madison Hoff
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25 states are moving to end unemployment benefits. 15 of them have lower than average vaccination rates.
Four of the five states with less than 40% of the population vaccinated are ending federal unemploy…
Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff
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A wonky theory could explain why the minimum wage is stuck at $7.25 an hour
Raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour failed in 2021. The reason why may be Nobel-winning economi…
Hillary Hoffower,Nick Lichtenberg
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Here's how much big companies like McDonald's and Walmart would pay under Sanders' and Warren's tax on CEO pay
Sanders and Warren want to raise taxes for companies where CEOs make at least 50 times more than th…
Juliana Kaplan,Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Modern Loneliness: A series exploring the loneliness epidemic
Business Insider's series "Modern Loneliness" explores the causes and effects of loneliness, as wel…
Business Insider
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Poverty fell from December to January because of stimulus checks
Black Americans still have more than double the poverty rate of white Americans, which could exacer…
Juliana Kaplan
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A quarter of Americans support forgiving all federal student-loan debt
President Joe Biden has thrown his support behind $10,000 in student loan forgiveness. But a quarte…
Juliana Kaplan
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A $15 minimum wage still won't be a living wage for many families, MIT and CNBC analysis says
For families with two children and two parents working at the minimum wage, current minimums in eve…
Juliana Kaplan
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Why Democrats want to gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2025
"It is a really a negative mark on this country that we have kept minimum wages so low for so long,…
Juliana Kaplan
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Over 8 million workers just got a raise. This map shows the states that raised their minimum wages.
The federal minimum wage of $7.25 is old enough to be a teenager. Many states have taken matters in…
Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff
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One map shows how much a $15 minimum wage would be worth in every state
The value of $15 really depends on where you live, since it is more expensive to live in some state…
Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff
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Working women are still being disproportionately hurt by the pandemic recession
"The pandemic has created a perfect storm for working women," the National Women's Law Center said …
Juliana Kaplan,Madison Hoff
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American billionaires added $1.1 trillion in wealth during the pandemic
Elon Musk, the second-richest billionaire, saw a 628.5% increase in his wealth since March, while A…
Juliana Kaplan
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Millions of Americans have been out of work for more than 6 months - these 2 charts break down who the long-term unemployed are
We looked at who makes up the 3.9 million Americans who have been unemployed for at least 27 weeks,…
Madison Hoff,Juliana Kaplan
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5 charts show just how badly Latino and Black communities have been impacted by the economic fallout from the coronavirus
Some 2,000 Americans were surveyed by the Harris Poll, on behalf of the American Staffing Associati…
Marguerite Ward,Madison Hoff
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Employers aren't doing enough for working parents, and it's making the labor crisis worse
In the race to return to normal, many parents - especially mothers - are feeling pushed out of thei…