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2013/05/19 15:53
2013/05/19 15:53
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By David J. Lynch WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy will continue to recover until at least 2015 without tumbling into a recession, achieving the sustained growth that has eluded it since the last slump...
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2013/05/19 03:29
2013/05/19 03:29
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U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke appears in good spirits at the Group 20 finance ministers meeting during the Spring Meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in...
2013/05/18 16:16
2013/05/18 16:16
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said technological change will remake fields like health care and belie predictions that innovation will fade and economic growth will wane. “Pessimists may...
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2013/05/17 15:06
2013/05/17 15:06
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The index of U.S. leading indicators climbed in April, a rebound from March that suggests the world’s largest economy will accelerate later this year. The Conference Board’s gauge of the outlook for...
2013/05/17 10:43
2013/05/17 10:43
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Preserving What Works: The Perks of Employer-Provided Coverage Federal officials recently made some discouraging predictions about the future of American health care. The non-partisan Congressional...
2013/05/16 08:26
2013/05/16 08:26
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The incentive for companies to collude on prices with their competitors lies in the increased profits that each may reap. Hiding the subsequent windfall to evade detection can, however, be...
2013/05/13 23:17
2013/05/13 23:17
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The fight over the federal minimum wage is coming to Baltimore. The head of the U.S. Department of Labor plans to swing into town Tuesday to talk to low-wage workers about how they make — or don't...
2013/05/13 15:18
2013/05/13 15:18
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But most of those sources have a deeper origin that the surveys and research don’t tap into. Major changes in our society and world have created a “new normal” of continuous turmoil and disruption....
2013/05/13 14:44
2013/05/13 14:44
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People can’t predict markets but markets can predict people. Forecasts about future economic growth have no impact on the future performance of the stock market while the past performance of the stock...
2013/05/13 10:17
2013/05/13 10:17
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I recently spoke at a seminar at Harvard on the theme of education as a civil right. Among other things, the seminar conveyed the urgency as well as the intractability of the problem of low college...
2013/05/11 03:59
2013/05/11 03:59
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How low will supporters of the Gang of Eight immigration bill go to get their way? This low: They’ve shamelessly branded an accomplished, Ivy League-trained quantitative analyst a “racist” and will...
2013/05/10 11:16
2013/05/10 11:16
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The Federal Reserve has learned how to lessen economic slumps as it turns 100 years old. An analysis by San Francisco Fed economists Early Elias and Oscar Jorda found that if there had been a central...
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2013/05/07 23:56
2013/05/07 23:56
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Way back in early March – before we witnessed new extremes in sloppy island bailouts and malicious economist witch hunts – I promised to “wield a ruler” and clear up some fallacies about the lengths...
2013/05/07 22:56
2013/05/07 22:56
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Let's begin by taking a trip back in history. In the 1930's there was a 60% devaluation in the U.S. dollar as the economy struggled with the ongoing depression. Franklin D. Roosevelt felt that the...
2013/05/07 22:38
2013/05/07 22:38
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But even a reversion to the real economy may not be able to address the stagnation of living standards. Traditional sources of growth include increasing population, sustainable and affordable...
2013/05/07 19:31
2013/05/07 19:31
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Parents May Devote More Teaching Time to Girls Than to Boys For some years now, teachers and parents have noted something about boys and girls. Starting in elementary school, young girls often score...
2013/05/07 17:26
2013/05/07 17:26
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Gail MarksJarvis, Chicago Tribune personal finance columnist Does your debt nag at you and make you miserable? A researcher has now put a number to the emotions. He has quantified just how much debt...
2013/05/07 09:22
2013/05/07 09:22
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SACRAMENTO – A bill to provide $2 billion in new revenues for public education and state parks passed through its first policy committee Monday with unanimous Democratic member support. The bill, SB...
2013/05/03 17:31
2013/05/03 17:31
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KUSA - Suicide rates are up alarmingly among middle-aged Americans, according to the latest federal government statistics. They show a 28 percent rise in suicide rates for people aged 35 to 64...
2013/05/01 08:27
2013/05/01 08:27
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Last week, 21 Iowa senators introduced Senate Joint Resolution 10, a measure that would alter the Iowa Constitution to make the word “person” apply to individuals from the beginning of biological...