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How temp workers became the norm in America
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10 years after the Great Recession companies have increased their dependence on non-permanent workers.
What effects will a cooling housing market have on the economy?
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The Federal Reserve has been raising short-term interest rates, but long-term borrowing costs have been rising, too. Freddie Mac said Thursday the average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 4.94 percent, a nearly seven-year high. Those higher costs are taking a bite out of demand. For example, mortgage applications fell to a four-year […]
For African-Americans, a fear of recession
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The Marketplace-Edison Research Poll also found that more blacks worry a recession will affect them than whites do.
So, you’re graduating into a financial crisis …
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Here's what notable speakers had to say to the classes of 2009 and 2010, when job opportunities were scarce.
African-Americans, women and millennials have more economic anxiety than the rest of the country
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Whether your economic anxiety has increased or decreased in the last year depends on who you are, according to the latest Marketplace-Edison Research Poll.
U.S. manufacturing is on track for a strong year after a recession rebound
President Donald Trump is visiting a heavy equipment plant in Pittsburgh today, to campaign for a Republican candidate looking to fill a vacant congressional seat there. The president is expected to promote the new tax bill and tout recent growth in U.S. manufacturing — a sector he campaigned on saving. Click the audio player above […]
Study finds that for many states, public education funding still hasn’t come back to pre-Recession levels
It’s been a decade since the Great Recession, and while a lot of things in the economy have recovered, state funding for public schools is still lagging behind pre-Recession levels, after accounting for inflation. That’s according to the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, a think tank that focuses on ways that federal and state […]
What would happen if we reduced trade deficits quickly?
Fresh from his trip to Asia, President Donald Trump today tweeted that things must change when it comes to trade. “The United States has to be treated fairly and in a reciprocal fashion. The massive trade deficits must go down quickly!” he wrote. Now, most economists disagree with the president on whether the current U.S. […]
Traffic climbed after the recession. So did accidents and truckers’ premiums.
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Truck companies have turned to technology to ensure employees drive safely.
Janet Yellen says not to expect another financial crisis anytime soon. Is she right?
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The mid-point of the year is kind of an artificial time to reflect, but here we are.

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