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After at least three years of red ink, most states have budget surpluses. It's a sign of a recovering economy and leaves states with a new dilemma: how best to spend the money.
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has launched a new national program to retain mineral rights on lands it has taken back as a result of…
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A new analysis of census data shows that net household worth between 2009 and 2011 was up significantly for the top 7 percent.
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Diedre Melson, John Cox and Pam Thatcher are college-educated parents who once considered themselves part of the middle class. Then the Great Recession hit. A new HBO documentary shows their families desperately trying to make ends meet.
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America's still-awful job market, in two charts.
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The generation that came of age in the 1960s is beginning to retire. Born after World War II, they grew up in an era of rising living standards, but the Great Recession destroyed any sense of financial security. Now they face challenges, including putting their kids through college and caring for their parents.
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Four out of five Americans were either directly or one stepped removed from unemployment. And many of them are seeing the glass half full.
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The rate at which Americans move has been declining for decades. Nobody's sure why, but here are a few possibilities.
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The Pew Research Center reports that the U.S. birth rate has hit its lowest level ever, led by a dramatic decline among the foreign-born. The birth rate for Mexican women fell the most, down a stunning 23 percent since the recent recession began in 2007.
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Though the gap between spending and revenues has narrowed, it has stayed above the $1 trillion mark.