U.S. & World Economies
The health of the United States and world economies affects everything from jobs to interest rates to food prices. Learn what big economic indicators mean and how they impact your everyday finances.
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Will the Amero Replace the Dollar?
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What Exactly Is the Central Bank?
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What is the Bretton Woods System? -
This 1933 Law Would Have Prevented the Financial Crisis -
The Secrets of Wall Street: How It Works, Its History, and Its Crashes -
Why the Government Shut Down and What Happens Next -
The Green New Deal and How It Boosts the Economy -
How the 2008 Lehman Brothers Collapse Affects You Today -
4 Ways Sarbanes-Oxley Stops Corporate Fraud -
How WaMu Went Bankrupt -
U.S. Poverty Rate by Demographics and State -
The True Cause of Income Inequality in America -
How Mortgage-Backed Securities Worked Until They Didn't -
Did Obama's Stimulus Plan Work? -
How Wildfires Impact the Economy -
5 Factors That Predict How Much Obamacare Will Cost You -
How $1 Spent on NASA Adds $8 to the Economy -
How the ACA's Benefits Lowers Health Care Costs -
Can COVID Vaccines Fix the Economy? -
What Is the Nasdaq? -
What Is Income Per Capita? -
Why Military Spending Is More Than You Think It Is -
What Was Deinstitutionalization? -
How the Lows of the Great Depression Still Affect Us Today -
Why Treasury Yields Fall When Demand Rises -
Who Really Pays Uncle Sam's Bills? -
Jobs Report and the Monthly Employment Growth Statistics -
How Congress Really Spends Your Money -
How Companies Show Revenue on the Balance Sheet -
Busting 5 Myths About Government Discretionary Spending -
Pros and Cons of Obamacare
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U.S. Education Rankings Are Falling Behind the Rest of the World -
How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Changes Corporate Taxes -
Democratic Views on the Economy -
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Milestones and Their Impact on Financial Equality -
How Bad Is Inflation? Past, Present, Future -
Democrat or Republican: Which Political Party Has Grown the Economy More? -
A Behind-the-Scenes Government Agency That Can Help You Get Ahead -
What Exactly Is the US Economy? -
The Causes of the Subprime Mortgage Crisis -
Consumer Spending Increases 2.4% in Q4 2020 -
Here’s How President Biden Plans to Deal With COVID-19 -
The 8 Best Economics Books of 2021 -
How a Carbon Tax Can Solve Climate Change -
Donald Trump's Health Care Policies -
What Is a Flat Tax System? -
Which Are the Wealthiest and Poorest States in America? -
What Is the Consumer Confidence Index? -
How Have Democratic Presidents Affected the Economy? -
Current US Consumer Debt December 2020 -
What Is Obamacare? -
Which President Created the Most Jobs? -
Presidents' Salaries During and After Office -
Is Trump or Obama Best for the Economy? -
The Prime Interest Rate and How It Affects You -
How the Fed Raises and Lowers Interest Rates -
Preventive Care: How It Lowers Healthcare Costs in America -
Why Did Obama Extend the Bush Tax Cuts in 2010? -
Top 10 States in Education With the Best Education -
The First Day of the Worst Stock Market Crash in U.S. History -
How COVID-19 Has Affected the U.S. Economy -
How to Get Economic Power -
How the Fed Controls Inflation -
How Farm Subsidies Affect You -
9 Obamacare Facts That You Don't Know -
Valentine's Day Shoppers Plan to Spend $21.8B in 2021
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