How to position your portfolio when the Fed, stock-market investors differ on recession calls
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Read MoreU.S. inflation surges again and stays at 40-year high, key price gauge shows
The numbers: A key gauge of U.S. inflation rose a sharp 1% in June, led…
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The numbers: The U.S. economy shrank at a annual 0.9% pace in the second quarter…
Read MoreU.S. economy shrinks in the second quarter, GDP shows, and invites talk of recession
The numbers: The U.S. economy shrank at a annual 0.9% pace in the second quarter…
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My boyfriend, 68, lives with his father, 95. He has almost no ‘mad money’ to go places and do things. Is it unreasonable to expect him to get a part-time job?
I am a 65-year-old retired woman with modest Social Security and annuity payments. I also…
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