New research: When states cut budgets during economic crisis, income inequality worsens
States that slash spending to make it through an economic crisis can end up worsening income inequality for years, finds new research.
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Alternative financial services in the time of coronavirus: What you need to know
As the coronavirus downturn stretches into mid-2020 with historic unemployment rates, low- and middle-income Americans may increasingly turn to alternative financial services for cash to buy food and other essentials.
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How Fed rates helped fuel the investment bust that sparked the Great Recession
Rising Federal Reserve interest rates in the lead-up to the Great Recession may have steered investors toward riskier housing investments, according to new research.
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When the economy suffers, so does personal health
An unhealthy economy might portend bad news for physical and mental health.
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Projecting costs for the most burdened renters
In this 2015 study, researchers from Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies and Enterprise Community Partners Inc. analyzed the growing trend of severely cost-burdened renters.
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