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A boomer lives on $1,601 monthly from Social Security and struggles to pay bills. She plans to wait a few more years until she touches her 401(k).
Maureen lives on $1,601 monthly Social Security payments but doesn't want to use her 401(k) because…
Allie Kelly
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Russia's business elites signal they are tired of propping up the wartime economy
Russia's key interest rate already stands at 16% and analysts polled by Reuters expect the central …
Huileng Tan
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Why immigration is boosting the US economy, according to Nobel economist Paul Krugman
Immigration could help the economy grow another $7 trillion over the next decade, the CBO estimated.
Jennifer Sor
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Why Gen Zers aren't leaving the nest
Young people are living at home and relying on their parents for money well into their 20s. Their p…
Eve Upton-Clark
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China is untangling its economy from the West. It could be preparing for long-term tensions and an invasion of Taiwan.
China is trying to make its economy less reliant on the West, but these efforts could also prepare …
Jacob Zinkula
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AI will spark massive disruptions to labor markets and there's no social safety net that can contain the fallout, University of Chicago professor says
American workers face a "day of reckoning" as the economy shifts to an AI-fueled labor force, one U…
Jennifer Sor
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A new Houston-area basic income program sending out $500 a month to residents with no strings attached had an acceptance rate lower than Harvard or Yale
Uplift Harris, a guaranteed income program in Texas, accepted just over 2% of applicants, or nearly…
Noah Sheidlower
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Meet the woman who engineered Russia's wartime economy and helped secure another term for Putin
Once feted among her international peers, Russian central bank governor Elvira Nabiullina is now se…
Huileng Tan
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The secret weapon behind America's soaring productivity
Americans are getting more efficient on the job, and it's not because of AI. That's great news for …
Neil Dutta
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Putin's war fired up Russia's economy and beat sanctions — but big problems lie ahead
Vladimir Putin overcame sanctions by selling oil to India and China and spending heavily on its mil…
Theron Mohamed
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Senate Democrats want to spend $3 billion to fix state unemployment systems and make it easier to collect jobless checks
During the pandemic, aging unemployment systems broke down across the country, leaving some workers…
Juliana Kaplan,Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Why Republicans are fighting the basic-income programs many cities and states are adopting: 'Is money a birthright now?'
Republican lawmakers from five states are seeking to ban guaranteed basic-income programs, citing c…
Noah Sheidlower,Allie Kelly
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The jobs where you don't need a bachelor's degree
Do you need a bachelor's degree or a high school diploma for a job? Career-site Indeed reviewed the…
Madison Hoff
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How Russia has avoided bankrupting itself after 2 years of waging war in Ukraine
Moscow looks poised to continue funding its war for a third year — and wars are expensive.
Huileng Tan
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The world's 2 biggest economies are moving in starkly different directions
Both nations have taken different policy paths, the US consumer is in better shape, and Beijing is …
Phil Rosen
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Here are all the states providing unemployment benefits for people who quit or were fired because they're refusing to get vaccinated
It's not the first time unemployment benefits have been used to make a political point about the pa…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig,Juliana Kaplan
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Cuts to COVID-era unemployment benefits will lower US incomes by nearly $145 billion, according to economic think tank
The average annual decrease in income from UI cuts is $13,728 per person, and the average annual de…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell,Juliana Kaplan
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3 reasons there's a labor shortage, according to Biden's labor secretary
"Some people have just decided to walk away from the industry they're working in, and they're think…
Juliana Kaplan
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Biden gambled that cutting off federal jobless aid would drive people back to work. The September jobs report blew a hole through that idea.
Biden let millions of Americans lose unemployment benefits in September after allowing 26 states to…
Juliana Kaplan,Andy Kiersz,Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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7.5 million workers just lost their unemployment benefits and Biden didn't step in: 'I'm very, very angry because this is an attempt, in my opinion, to force us all back to work in low paying jobs'
A Delta variant surge is keeping many people from returning to work, especially high-risk, low pay …