Daily Economy
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Update: Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment Is 2.0 Percent
This morning, the Social Security Administration announced a cost of living adjustment for 2018 of 2.0 percent.
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Initial Claims Drift Back Down Toward Pre-Hurricane Levels While Producer Prices Rise in September
Initial claims for unemployment insurance fell for the week ending October 7 and seem likely to drift back to their pre-storm levels.
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How America’s Roads Became More Valuable than Ever
What caused this run-up in road asset values is a mystery, but there is good reason to believe that America’s increasingly urban mix of roadways could explain some of the disproportionate growth in road value.
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Public Choice: The Antidote to Faith in State Monopolies
That understanding makes laughable any call for professional monopolies to police themselves, and it behooves editorial boards like that of the Times Union to show a bit more intellectual courage, call out the elephant in the room, and advocate for competitive forces.
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Private-Sector Job Openings Fell Slightly in August but Remain Near Record Level
The latest data on job openings suggest the labor market remains healthy and imply continued jobs growth in the coming months.
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Endangered Species: States without Income Tax
Do taxpayers facing a new income tax have good reasons to believe that their states will have a brighter fiscal future? History suggests otherwise. Plain and simple, jobs migrate to where taxes are low, away from where taxes are high. And people follow.
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AIER’s Inflation Curriculum Is Taught in Nebraska
A report about the lesson conducted at The Career Academy, in Lincoln, Neb., by Ms. Nicole Barrett, a participant in Teach-the-Teachers Initiative 2017 in Omaha. This lesson was observed by James L. Olsen, AIER voting member.
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Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment Likely Largest Since 2011
With inflation ticking upward in 2017, retirees are likely to see the largest cost-of-living adjustment in their Social Security benefits since 2011.
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The Farm Bureau Is the Swamp
This policy study explains what I have now come to expect: ballooning and outlandish costs, impenetrable and overlapping complexity, double-dip cronyism, market distortions to give you a headache, no transparency, and, perhaps worst of all, an embedded special-interest group with an entitlement mentality, accompanied by a few spineless politicos.
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Jobs Fall but Wage Gains Accelerate in September
The headline data from the September jobs report was heavily distorted by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma but the underlying details suggest the labor market remains healthy.
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Update: Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment Is 2.0 Percent
This morning, the Social Security Administration announced a cost of living adjustment for 2018 of 2.0 percent.
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•
Initial Claims Drift Back Down Toward Pre-Hurricane Levels While Producer Prices Rise in September
Initial claims for unemployment insurance fell for the week ending October 7 and seem likely to drift back to their pre-storm levels.
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How America’s Roads Became More Valuable than Ever
What caused this run-up in road asset values is a mystery, but there is good reason to believe that America’s increasingly urban mix of roadways could explain some of the disproportionate growth in road value.
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Public Choice: The Antidote to Faith in State Monopolies
That understanding makes laughable any call for professional monopolies to police themselves, and it behooves editorial boards like that of the Times Union to show a bit more intellectual courage, call out the elephant in the room, and advocate for competitive forces.
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Private-Sector Job Openings Fell Slightly in August but Remain Near Record Level
The latest data on job openings suggest the labor market remains healthy and imply continued jobs growth in the coming months.
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•
Endangered Species: States without Income Tax
Do taxpayers facing a new income tax have good reasons to believe that their states will have a brighter fiscal future? History suggests otherwise. Plain and simple, jobs migrate to where taxes are low, away from where taxes are high. And people follow.
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AIER’s Inflation Curriculum Is Taught in Nebraska
A report about the lesson conducted at The Career Academy, in Lincoln, Neb., by Ms. Nicole Barrett, a participant in Teach-the-Teachers Initiative 2017 in Omaha. This lesson was observed by James L. Olsen, AIER voting member.
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Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment Likely Largest Since 2011
With inflation ticking upward in 2017, retirees are likely to see the largest cost-of-living adjustment in their Social Security benefits since 2011.
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•
The Farm Bureau Is the Swamp
This policy study explains what I have now come to expect: ballooning and outlandish costs, impenetrable and overlapping complexity, double-dip cronyism, market distortions to give you a headache, no transparency, and, perhaps worst of all, an embedded special-interest group with an entitlement mentality, accompanied by a few spineless politicos.
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Jobs Fall but Wage Gains Accelerate in September
The headline data from the September jobs report was heavily distorted by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma but the underlying details suggest the labor market remains healthy.