Prime-age men (ages 25 to 54) are disappearing from the American workforce. The percentage of prime-age men in the labor force has been decreasing steadily since the 1960s, but has …
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US home sales fell in January unexpectedly, the second straight month of declines. That also marked the largest year-on-year decline in three years. Part of the reason for that was …
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The days of complaining about having to work a typical 9-5 “rat-race” job will soon be over. All of the people who complain about corporate jobs and having to deal …
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The amount of debt held by American households grew once again in 2017, continuing to surpass debt levels from before the 2008 financial crisis. Not surprisingly, mortgage debt is the …
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Preliminary data from January has painted a not so rosy start to the new year. To start things off, industrial production fell by 0.1%, rather than increasing 0.2% as expected. …
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Today young people, from teenagers to those in their early thirties, are facing a world and a global economy that is changing rapidly and faster than ever, and the sort …
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I don’t claim to be an expert in day trading or investing at all, but I picked up some knowledge when I jumped in on the 2017 cryptocurrency surge we …
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A new report from the World Gold Council found that demand for the precious metal rallied in the fourth quarter of 2017, but not enough to offset the decline in …
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An idea that once only lived in the minds and conversations of economists and sociologists over the last century has now become a rather intriguing talking point for the political …
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Bitcoin, as a form or system of payment, could assume an outsized role in a collapsing civilization, Michael Lee and Antoine Martin, economists in the New York Federal Reserve Bank’s …