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NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 08: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) moments before the Closing Bell on February 8, 2018 in New York City. As Wall Street continues to worry about future inflation and rising interest rates, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell over 1,000 points for the second time this week. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Why You Shouldn't Freak Out Even If The Stock Market Does
By Zach Carter
Everything is fine ... except your paycheck.
EDUCATION
College Free-For-All?
By Charles Kolb, Contributor
Senior Public Policy Executive
Making public colleges and universities free only perpetuates the problem and relieves the pressure to make necessary reforms. It's a facile answer to a complex question.
POLITICS
Easy Money and the Fed's War on the Middle Class
By Timothy J. Barnett, Contributor
Contributor
As a high level organization that manipulates monetary apparatuses, the Fed merely feigns concern about inflation as a theoretical risk.
POLITICS
No Excuse for Fed to Increase Unemployment by Raising Interest Rates: Movement to Hold Fed Accountable Gathers Steam
By Mark Weisbrot, Contributor
Co-Director, Center for Economic and Policy Research
If America is to shed the title of "Land of Inequality," this is how it is going to happen: by more people becoming aware of how the Fed's monetary policy affects them and demanding that it change.
BUSINESS
Here Are The Most Expensive Countries In The World To Live In
By Harry Bradford
Below are the 15 countries with the highest costs of living, according to Numbeo's data. The living costs in each country
BUSINESS
Consumer Prices Just Fell The Most In 6 Years. Start Worrying
By Mark Gongloff
Good news, consumers: Everything's on sale! The bad news: Low, low prices aren't always such a great thing.
BUSINESS
Child Care And Education Costs Are Off The Charts. Literally.
By Emily Cohn
"These large sectors and the high prices they charge are contributing heavily to the slipping economic position of American
BUSINESS
Where Is the Inflation?
By Harlan Green, Contributor
Editor/Publisher
It's a pity more of those "inflationistas," who cry wolf at the slightest hint of rising prices, haven't visited the FDR Memorial where some of his most telling words are engraved, such as: "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
POLITICS
College Costs and the American Dream
By Charles Kolb, Contributor
Senior Public Policy Executive
For the first time in decades, young Americans are now questioning whether obtaining more postsecondary education is worth the time and expense.
POLITICS
Social Security Cut Would Put More Money In Seniors' Pockets, GOP Claims
By Arthur Delaney
President Barack Obama has repeatedly signaled openness to the chained CPI as part of a "Grand Bargain" budget deal with
BUSINESS
Fed's Problem: Deflation?
By Terry Savage, Contributor
Nationally syndicated financial columnist, author
The latest report on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) shows inflation edged up only 0.1 percent in August, less than expected. And the year-over-year inflation rate is only 1.15 percent. So is that good news, or bad?
BUSINESS
Inflation: The Latest Threat to Mortgage Rates
By Richard Barrington, Contributor
CFA, MoneyRates.com
Since mortgage lenders are very sensitive to the threat of inflation, this rise in the CPI could lead to another wave of mortgage rate increases.
BUSINESS
The Fed Is Failing On Both Parts Of Its Dual Mandate
By Mark Gongloff
So how about that price stability? Bad news there, too -- though there are many silver linings. The Bureau of Labor Statistics
POLITICS
Grover Norquist: Chained CPI Violates Taxpayer Protection Pledge
By Arthur Delaney
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that chained CPI would reduce Social Security spending by $127 billion and increase
POLITICS
Robert Reich's Petition to President Obama: Don't Hurt Seniors With a Chained CPI Benefit Cut to Social Security
By Pearl Korn, Contributor
Advocate for Expanded and Improved Medicare For All
This is absolutely not the legacy Mr. Obama wants to leave behind, should this measure go through
POLITICS
Social Security Cuts Denounced On Anniversary Of First Check
By Arthur Delaney
The average Social Security retirement benefit is $1,215 per month, or less than $15,000 a year. Fans of the chained CPI
POLITICS
The 'Chained CPI' Cut: If You Can't Dazzle Them With Brilliance...
By Fmr. Rep. Alan Grayson, Contributor
Former U.S. Congressman for Orlando, Florida
Let me get right to the point. I'm against the proposed "chained CPI" cut in Social Security because it substantially undermines the protection against inflation that Social Security recipients enjoy under current law.
POLITICS
Fiscal Cliff Cuts: Democrats Divided Over Whether To Put Social Security 'On The Table'
By Arthur Delaney
But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has been adamantly opposed to including Social Security in a fiscal cliff
BUSINESS
'Chained CPI' May Be Key In Avoiding Fiscal Cliff
By Joe Van Brussel
In an interview on NPR, Robert Greenstein, from the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, explained it this way: "If, for
POLITICS
Harry Reid: 'We Are Not Going To Mess With Social Security'
By Arthur Delaney
"Everything doesn't have to be a fight -- that's the way it's been the last couple of years," Reid said. "So everyone should
POLITICS
AARP Warns Lawmakers About Potential 'Fiscal Cliff' Deal
By Arthur Delaney
AARP's letter suggested the organization won't give lawmakers any breathing room to include Social Security cuts in the negotiations
POLITICS
Social Security Advocates To Congress: Don't Cut Cost Of Living Adjustments
By Arthur Delaney and Ryan Grim
"The cuts that Social Security beneficiaries and others would face as a result of implementing the chained CPI may seem to
MONEY
Consumer Prices Under Obama: Health Care Costs Up, TV Prices Down (INFOGRAPHIC)
By Catherine New
(SCROLL DOWN FOR INFOGRAPHIC) Prices for health care-related goods and services, higher education and food have all jumped
BUSINESS
No Price Like Home
By Evan Soltas, Contributor
Economics blogger
The Federal Reserve has been mis-measuring inflation for years. And there's a compelling case that its mis-measurement led, albeit indirectly, to the housing boom and bust, and therefore to the 2008 recession.
MONEY
Consumer Prices Remained Flat In June
By Reuters, Reuters
However, the price of airline tickets fell 2.5 percent. Housing costs were muted, with owners' equivalent rent advancing
MONEY
Consumer Prices Fall Most In Over Three Years
By Reuters, Reuters
WASHINGTON, June 14 (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices fell in May by the most in over three years as households paid less
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