Daily Economy
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Small Businesses Can Outperform Big Competitors
I’ve recently been talking to successful small business owners about what allows them to prosper when facing competition from larger firms or national chains. In a diverse array of industries including retail, manufacturing and financial services, business owners tend to report three things they do better than larger competitors.
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Beware of Surprise Medical Bills
You can do everything right when it comes to health insurance: Buy adequate coverage. See in-network doctors. And go to in-network hospitals. But you can still be liable for enormous medical bills.
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Yellow Flag From Manufacturing
Amid other signs pointing to economic strength, the manufacturing sector is showing some weakness, according to a monthly report released today.
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AIER Rankings Featured in Fortune, Business Insider
Our College Destinations Index, our annual ranking of best places to live for college students, has been garnering attention from some prominent publications since its release last week.
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Minimum Wage: Fact Checking the Fact Checking
Why do economists seem to be so unsure about the effect of raising the minimum wage?
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Investing: Don’t Pay for Past Performance
Investing for retirement should be a long-term process. It would be nice to extrapolate meaning from three- or five-year performance, but more often than not we may actually be chasing returns that are likely to regress to the mean in the future.
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Top U.S. Metro Areas for College Students
Today, the American Institute for Economic Research ranked the top U.S. metropolitan areas for college students. The annual AIER ranking is based on 11 criteria that gauge each area’s cultural and economic qualities.
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The Tale of Two Food Prices
Agricultural commodity prices, the inputs to finished foods, have declined notably over the last year, but consumers are only experiencing the beneficial effects of that at the grocery store – not at restaurants.
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AIER a Destination for Financial Journalists
Expanding our outreach to financial and economic journalists, AIER recently hosted the 2015 symposium on health care economics, sponsored by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. The three-day event took place on our beautiful, historic Western Massachusetts campus from November 8 to 10 and brought together health care reporters with distinguished researchers and…
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Bite-Sized Financial Planning
All too often, I talk to someone looking for financial advice and they don’t know where to start. I was talking with a friend recently who wanted some advice on what investments to hold for retirement. As I talked to him more, I realized that asset allocation was the least of his worries.
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Small Businesses Can Outperform Big Competitors
I’ve recently been talking to successful small business owners about what allows them to prosper when facing competition from larger firms or national chains. In a diverse array of industries including retail, manufacturing and financial services, business owners tend to report three things they do better than larger competitors.
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•
Beware of Surprise Medical Bills
You can do everything right when it comes to health insurance: Buy adequate coverage. See in-network doctors. And go to in-network hospitals. But you can still be liable for enormous medical bills.
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•
Yellow Flag From Manufacturing
Amid other signs pointing to economic strength, the manufacturing sector is showing some weakness, according to a monthly report released today.
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•
AIER Rankings Featured in Fortune, Business Insider
Our College Destinations Index, our annual ranking of best places to live for college students, has been garnering attention from some prominent publications since its release last week.
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•
Minimum Wage: Fact Checking the Fact Checking
Why do economists seem to be so unsure about the effect of raising the minimum wage?
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•
Investing: Don’t Pay for Past Performance
Investing for retirement should be a long-term process. It would be nice to extrapolate meaning from three- or five-year performance, but more often than not we may actually be chasing returns that are likely to regress to the mean in the future.
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•
Top U.S. Metro Areas for College Students
Today, the American Institute for Economic Research ranked the top U.S. metropolitan areas for college students. The annual AIER ranking is based on 11 criteria that gauge each area’s cultural and economic qualities.
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•
The Tale of Two Food Prices
Agricultural commodity prices, the inputs to finished foods, have declined notably over the last year, but consumers are only experiencing the beneficial effects of that at the grocery store – not at restaurants.
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•
AIER a Destination for Financial Journalists
Expanding our outreach to financial and economic journalists, AIER recently hosted the 2015 symposium on health care economics, sponsored by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. The three-day event took place on our beautiful, historic Western Massachusetts campus from November 8 to 10 and brought together health care reporters with distinguished researchers and…
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•
Bite-Sized Financial Planning
All too often, I talk to someone looking for financial advice and they don’t know where to start. I was talking with a friend recently who wanted some advice on what investments to hold for retirement. As I talked to him more, I realized that asset allocation was the least of his worries.