A boost in optimism has translated into a greater willingness to spend. But consumers remain cautious. Here’s the latest research from our ConsumerWise team. In the third quarter of 2024,optimism in the US economy grew to its highest level in a year. Nevertheless, many of the same dynamics...
And for tax years prior to 2018, purchasing that expensive home ends up being a smart move tax-wise as well. Reed says millionaires are allowed to deduct unlimited amounts of real estate taxes, which means the more you pay for a home, the greater the deduction. Reed explained that you m...
In response, wise companies are self-disrupting before upstarts do it for them, engaging in a digital landgrab to diversify their ecosystem, and using automation anddata analyticsto produce on demand to reduce waste and react rapidly to trends. ...
Once again, we are faced with the anti-environmental insanity of Donald Trump. Donald Trump appears to be mentally unfit for the job as well as someone who has been convicted of over 30 crimes many of them serious against our country. A man who does not believe in climate change, and is...
We further performed a pairwise comparison test to see if the effect is equal between pairs of large urban/other urban, large urban/rural and other urban/rural hospitals, and the results of the chi-2 and p value can be found in the last two rows of Table 9; we can see that, among...
turnover in the U.S. labor market. Widespread initial job losses were followed by the Great Resignation and incredible labor shortages. Just last month theU.S. “quit rate” neared a 20-year high at 2.9%, while the “unemployment rate” dropped to its lowest level since 1969,hitting 3.6...
This 21st century is notable for experiencing so many disturbances at economic, social, cultural, and political levels in the entire world. The outbreak of
economic boomthat we had witnessed in the previous decade. Knowing that the growth in our business is correlated to the economic activity in general and birth-rate of new businesses more specifically, we did expect some short term detrimental impact which would last a couple of years at least....
interior of a Boeing 247—note the steps in the aisle used to cross over the support beams that reinforced the 247’s wings. Also note the female attendant—the profession was dominated by male stewards in the first years of passenger service, but in the 1930s women took over the professio...
The Philippines is growing at about 8% so yeah, it’s somewhat slower than the 9% in India and 9% in China. Number 105 is nothing to celebrate and no big improvement over 1950 or 1975. Relative to many others, it’s actually worse. China’s poverty stats aren’t so spectacular ...