US Q3 2024 GDP saw a robust 2.8% rise. Higher consumer spending, which accounts for roughly two-thirds of GDP, was a key ...

There is a 34 percent likelihood of a recession by the first quarter of 2017, according to the UBS credit-based recession probability index, and those chances could jump to 50 percent next year if ...

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Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) reveal is one of the most-awaited events of the year for retired-worker beneficiaries. Although the 2025 COLA came in above average, compared to ...

There's no shortage of macroeconomic factors that could rattle the stock market. Currently, the landscape is dominated by the 2024 presidential election, escalating tensions in the Middle East ...

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Now, with recession fears fading, there's one last pitfall to avoid. The conflicting narratives about the US economy seem to have one thing in common: extremity. There are those who argue that ...

Ruben Gisbert, a native of Valencia, was visiting flood-hit parts of the region while filming clips for Horizonte, a news programme directed and presented by Spanish journalist Iker Jimenez.

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For a majority of the more than 51 million retired workers currently receiving a Social Security check, this income is vital to their financial well-being. Since 2002, national pollster Gallup has ...