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America’s Divided Summer Economy Is Coming to an Airport or Hotel Near You

The gulf between higher- and lower-income consumers has been widening for years, but it is expected to show up especially…

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Voters Think America Is Broken. Biden Needs to Meet Them Where They Are.

Seven months away from a rematch election pitting President Biden against former President Donald Trump, the incumbent is struggling. Mr.…

World

As Need Rises, Housing Aid Hits Lowest Level in Nearly 25 Years

Rents have surged and homelessness is at record heights, but fewer of the poorest tenants are getting housing assistance —…

World

Why Is the College Board Pushing to Expand Advanced Placement?

This year, taxpayers paid the nonprofit at least $90 million for A.P. tests that many students failed.

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None Dare Call it Victory

Flation — whether in- or de- — is, other things being equal, a bad thing. Money is the economy’s unit…

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The Not-So-Great News About Lower Inflation

The news that consumer prices fell in December from November — yes, monthly inflation was negative — was not as…

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We Can’t Keep Spending Like This

The chart below should make you nervous. Updated with data released on Thursday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, it…

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Does Inflation Disproportionately Hurt the Poor?

Overzealously fighting inflation to help lower-income workers might actually do the opposite.

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