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Nine facts about the racial wealth gap The urgency of ending the racial wealth gap

by Karen Juanita Carrillo NY Amsterdam News About this series (This article, inspired by Deloitte research, is part of a series in which five Black-owned publications around the...

Nine facts about the racial wealth gap

EXPERTS SAY BLACK HOUSEHOLDS CONTINUE TO FACE HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT, BURDENING STUDENT DEBT, AND LOW WAGES. CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO by Bria Overs For New Pittsburgh Courier Five hundred years. That’s...

Rising interest rates and prices keep homeownership as a distant goal, especially for African Americans

In the wake of escalating mortgage rates and soaring housing prices, the dream of homeownership in the United States is slipping further from the...

Jobs are up, wages less so – and lower purchasing power could still lead the US into a recession

by Christopher Decker, University of Nebraska Omaha Don’t be overly fooled by seemingly rosy jobs data heading into the Labor Day weekend. Yes, the U.S. economy...

Americans’ personal savings rate is near an all-time low – an economist explains what it means as a potential recession looms

by Arabinda Basistha, West Virginia University The rate at which Americans are saving money has dipped close to an all-time low, according to the Bureau...

Retailers may see more red after Black Friday as consumers say they plan to pull back on spending

by Ayalla A. Ruvio, Michigan State University and Forrest Morgeson, Michigan State University Retailers are gearing up for another blockbuster holiday shopping season, but consumers...

The last two recessions hit young people hardest – here’s how you can protect yourself for the next one

by Jonquil Lowe, The Open University After the pandemic and now a cost of living crisis, it seems unthinkable that the economic situation could get...

5 things to know about the Fed’s interest rate increase and how it will affect you

Would the person responsible for the fate of the U.S. economy please raise his hand? AP Photo/Patrick Semansky by D. Brian Blank, Mississippi State University The Federal...

Study: Recessions can postpone motherhood forever

NEW YORK (AP) — When the economy tanks, women have fewer babies. But what happens in the following years, when conditions improve? A massive new...

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