By Christopher Ingraham Use among older Americans has skyrocketed in recent years, while teen use is near record lows. …read more

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By Heather Long Trump has now nominated six people to the Federal Reserve, an unprecedented shake up of the central bank. …read more

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By Matt O’Brien There’s a simple reason why the Republican president’s tax cuts haven’t inspired companies to move that much money to the United States: The money was already here. …read more

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By Jeff Stein A strike could hold back the industry at a time when it is benefiting from federal intervention aimed at boosting production and employment. …read more

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By Heather Long, Andrew Van Dam Those without flood insurance will have to try to rebuild with FEMA grants worth just a few thousand dollars. …read more

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By Matt O’Brien During the 1930s, “only” a third of U.S. banks failed, while in 2008, former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has said,12 of the country’s 13 largest financial institutions were on the verge of going under. …read more

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By Heather Long The new head of the San Francisco bank worked to counter perception of Fed as a ‘boys’ club’ …read more

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By Lawrence Summers A new book, “A Crisis of Beliefs: Investor Psychology and Financial Fragility,” puts expectations at the center of thinking about economic fluctuations and financial crises. …read more

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By Matt O’Brien The simple story is that the labor market recovery hasn’t sped up under Trump. At the same time, though, it hasn’t slowed down, either. …read more

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