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Maximum employment? What it means post-pandemic may have changed already
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U. S. unemployment rate hit a record low of 3.5% a year ago, but that bit of history comes with a footnote. It arguably was not the best overall time for workers in recent decades. That honor goes to the final months of 2000. Even though unemployment rates were a bit higher, wage growth was s
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Small Business Owners Ask: Am I Paying My Employees The Right Salary?
By Rieva Lesonsky Survey after survey of small business owners indicates that attracting and keeping employees is one of the biggest challenges today. And with the unemployment rate still low, that problem is not likely to go away soon. A few months ago we noted that, according to a survey from Kelton Global, commissio
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News: Federal Reserve Governor Outlines 2025 Economy, Threats to Financial Stability
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook in January spoke at the Seventh Conference on Law and Macroeconomics at the University of Michigan Law School in
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Do You Really Need to Put 20% Down on a House? Here's What Experts Say
Conventional wisdom says you need 20% for a down payment when buying a home. But real estate experts say otherwise. Here's why Getty Images / Grace
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Fed's Powell: High inflation poses a threat to job market
WASHINGTON (AP) — Warning that high inflation could make it harder to restore the job market to full health, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said
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Here’s How Working After 62 Can Change Your Social Security Benefits
Continuing to work after age 62 can affect your level of Social Security retirement benefits, whether you are receiving benefits at the time or not.
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When Choosing Funds for Your College 529 Plan, Don’t Make This Mistake
The average cost of public in-state college tuition, fees, room and board in 2020-21 is $26,820 a year and $54,880 for a four-year private college, according to a recent study by the College Board. For a child born today, the four-year cost of college is expected to be $526,629 for private and $230,069 for public, acco
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Down Market? It’s Roth Time!
The recent chaos in the market, coupled with the most significant sell-off since 1987, has at least one silver lining: if you intend to invest you can invest in a Roth vehicle and recoup gains potentially tax-free. Roth IRAs, and their bigger sister, the Roth 401(k), provide the opportunity for savers to develop invest
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How to Effectively Manage Teams in the Post-COVID Era
The COVID-19 pandemic changed the way we do business and live our lives in many important ways. No matter the industry or niche you’re in, you surely had to find ways to accommodate new trends in managing operations, such as remote work, closing your physical stores to everything except low-contact strategies, and the
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Why Do All Small Businesses Need a Website?
With over 40,000 searches on Google every second, which converts to 3.5 billion searches every day, your small business absolutely must have a website presence. Regardless of the industry sector that you operate within, your customers are more than likely searching for services like yours on the Internet. This sentimen