Economy Archive
Economy
The U.S. dollar slumped against major currencies on Tuesday after Republicans abandoned their latest plan to repeal Obamacare. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket
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About 20% of taxpayers could pay higher taxes under the Trump administration’s tax reform plans, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the Tax Policy Center. The analysis
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Real tax reform remains a very big IF. But … if … Congress and the Trump administration slash rates and overhaul the tax code, most itemized deductions taxpayers
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The US economy is teetering, despite what the job and stock markets are telling you. The scariest set of economic indicators to emerge in decades shows what’s crushing
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Despite claims otherwise, the new much ballyhooed Department of Labor fiduciary rule won’t protect you from financial advisers who put themselves first. But you can, easier than you think. Introduced
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Economy
Dear John: You have written pieces in the past on how the US government has been rigging stocks to only go up in order to make itself look
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President Trump’s decision Thursday to exit the Paris climate agreement is likely to give a small and immediate lift to the oil and coal industry, which makes good on
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It’s a Republican dream come true. Now that they control both the White House and Congress, Republicans are moving quickly to put their ideological stamp on the nation’s
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The US economy started 2017 out with a whimper, but it wasn’t quite as weak as first thought. The government revised up its January-March growth reading to a
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President Trump became famous for saying “You’re fired.” Now he wants to be known for saying, “You’re hired!” Trump appears to want at least 6 million Americans off
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