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Real Estate
Trying for a Mortgage? Here’s How Much Money You Need to Make.
Qualifying incomes for standard mortgages on typical homes have gone through the roof. Especially in California.
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America
What’s Happening in the Bond Market?
The rapid rise in interest rates in recent months has shaken investors and cast a cloud over the economy.
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America
European Central Bank Keeps Rates on Hold for First Time in Over a Year
“Inflation is still expected to stay too high for too long,” the bank said, but noted that its campaign of…
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Europe
California Boosts Minimum Wage for Health Care and Fast-Food Workers
Sector-specific pay bumps are a new twist in a state that already has one of the highest hourly minimum wages…
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Europe
Why Do Women Still Wear Stilettos?
A reader wonders why the uncomfortable and often impractical shoes have not been retired.
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Opinion
Beyond ‘Deaths of Despair’
Since it was first introduced by the economists Anne Case and Angus Deaton in 2015, the phrase “deaths of despair”…
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America
Smaller Classes? At Elite Schools, Some Parents Say ‘No Thanks.’
A new law to reduce class size in New York City has large support among families, but early tensions could…
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Science
Scientists Use CRISPR to Make Chickens More Resistant to Bird Flu
A new study highlights both the promise and the limitations of gene editing, as a highly lethal form of avian…
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America
Higher Rates Stoke a Growing Chorus of Deficit Concerns
A long period of higher interest rates would make the government’s large debt pile costly, a possibility that is fueling…
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America
One Year Later, Powell Faces a Changed Economy and Market
Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, warned in 2022 that the central bank might hurt the economy to cool inflation.…
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