Daily Economy News
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How to Implement Money School in Your Community
After three successful rounds of offering its Money School course to low-income female survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, The American Institute for Economic Research is ready to help other organizations offer their own sessions of Money School. AIER’s first Train-the-Trainers event will be held on July 30 at its Great Barrington headquarters..
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Small Wireless Carriers Driving Down Prices
Americans have seen telephone costs fall nearly 3 percent over the last 12 months, amid stronger competition in the wireless market. Wireless service prices have fallen 5.9 percent during that period, and landline service fell 2.2 percent, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released on Friday. In June, telephone services ticked 0.1…
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Financial First Steps: Managing Your Credit Score
Many young adults have extremely limited credit histories. This means that we need to build our credit scores by starting to think about different credit cards and loans.
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Financial First Steps: You and Your Credit Score
You’ve probably heard about it a hundred times, and you know it’s important, but what exactly is a FICO score? Understanding what factors go into to calculating your credit score is extremely important to your financial success. Imagine going to school and not knowing what factors contribute to your grade. It would probably be hard…
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Signs of a Strengthening Economy
Today we release the July edition of AIER’s Business Conditions Monthly, our bird’s-eye look at the economy. This month’s edition includes an overview of the labor market, including an account of the progress made since the Great Recession, as well as a look at the challenges that remain.
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An Unexpected Sign of Economic Weakness
Following a string of stronger economic data, this morning’s retail sales report showed some unexpected weakness in a key area of the economy.
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A Milestone for the Economic Expansion
This month the current business-cycle expansion, which started in June 2009, has reached the 73-month mark. This makes it equal in length to the previous expansion, which lasted from November 2001 to December 2007. Since there are no signs of an imminent recession, it is a good bet that the current expansion will last more…
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Amid Controversy, Alexander Hamilton Gets a Necktie
With Treasury Secretary Jack Lew planning to shrink Alexander Hamilton’s image on the $10 bill, opponents of the plan are making their feelings known in an interesting way.
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Washington Post Cites AIER College Town Studies
The Washington Post highlights AIER’s rankings of best college towns and best post-college destinations in a prominent article this week. Author Jeffrey Selingo, former editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education, writes about the factors that go into a student’s decision about where to go to college, and finds that the location matters a lot.
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Uber, Airbnb and Government Regulation
Uber may have changed the way people look at taxi services, but as a story in yesterday’s New York Times shows, it is not immune from the same calls for regulation that another “sharing economy” service, Airbnb, has faced in recent years.
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How to Implement Money School in Your Community
After three successful rounds of offering its Money School course to low-income female survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, The American Institute for Economic Research is ready to help other organizations offer their own sessions of Money School. AIER’s first Train-the-Trainers event will be held on July 30 at its Great Barrington headquarters..
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Small Wireless Carriers Driving Down Prices
Americans have seen telephone costs fall nearly 3 percent over the last 12 months, amid stronger competition in the wireless market. Wireless service prices have fallen 5.9 percent during that period, and landline service fell 2.2 percent, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released on Friday. In June, telephone services ticked 0.1…
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Financial First Steps: Managing Your Credit Score
Many young adults have extremely limited credit histories. This means that we need to build our credit scores by starting to think about different credit cards and loans.
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•
Financial First Steps: You and Your Credit Score
You’ve probably heard about it a hundred times, and you know it’s important, but what exactly is a FICO score? Understanding what factors go into to calculating your credit score is extremely important to your financial success. Imagine going to school and not knowing what factors contribute to your grade. It would probably be hard…
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•
Signs of a Strengthening Economy
Today we release the July edition of AIER’s Business Conditions Monthly, our bird’s-eye look at the economy. This month’s edition includes an overview of the labor market, including an account of the progress made since the Great Recession, as well as a look at the challenges that remain.
-
•
An Unexpected Sign of Economic Weakness
Following a string of stronger economic data, this morning’s retail sales report showed some unexpected weakness in a key area of the economy.
-
•
A Milestone for the Economic Expansion
This month the current business-cycle expansion, which started in June 2009, has reached the 73-month mark. This makes it equal in length to the previous expansion, which lasted from November 2001 to December 2007. Since there are no signs of an imminent recession, it is a good bet that the current expansion will last more…
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Amid Controversy, Alexander Hamilton Gets a Necktie
With Treasury Secretary Jack Lew planning to shrink Alexander Hamilton’s image on the $10 bill, opponents of the plan are making their feelings known in an interesting way.
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Washington Post Cites AIER College Town Studies
The Washington Post highlights AIER’s rankings of best college towns and best post-college destinations in a prominent article this week. Author Jeffrey Selingo, former editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education, writes about the factors that go into a student’s decision about where to go to college, and finds that the location matters a lot.
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Uber, Airbnb and Government Regulation
Uber may have changed the way people look at taxi services, but as a story in yesterday’s New York Times shows, it is not immune from the same calls for regulation that another “sharing economy” service, Airbnb, has faced in recent years.