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Here's the economic "in" and "out" list of 2024

by Kristin Schwab
Jan 5, 2024
Rate hikes and recession fears are out, economists tell us, and rate cuts are in — but so is geopolitical uncertainty.
In/out lists for the new year have flooded social media. "The widespread belief that the U.S. economy is heading into a recession seems to be out," says economist Sean Snaith of the University of Central Florida.
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Jobs are rebounding. Why are wages stagnant?

by Mitchell Hartman
Jan 9, 2015
More jobs should demand for and higher wages, but that isn't happening.
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Is Friday 13th an economic drag? Probably not

by Noel King
Jun 13, 2014
Is it really true the economy loses hundreds of millions every Friday the 13th?
A man looks with horror at his diary realising it is Friday the 13th.
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By The Numbers

Record number of moms are breadwinners

by Jolie Myers
May 29, 2013
A new study from the Pew Research Center finds that four-in-ten families have mothers who are the primary or sole earner.
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