Unhealthy Environment Cases 12 Million Deaths
According to the WHO, some 12.6 million people died as a result of living or working in an unhealthy environment in 2012.
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Los Angeles Is Worst US City for Traffic
INRIX claims that stronger economy and lower gas prices are among the contributors to more traffic on the roads around largest cities. It is an incident of how good news yields bad news.
Housing, Crude, FOMC, Inflation Data: Big Wednesday Ahead for Markets
Wednesday, March 16, will see four sets of crucial data hitting Wall Street all at the same time. What we see on Wednesday could help determine trends in commodities and bond markets particularly.
The 5 Cities With Lowest Unemployment Are Below 2.5%
According to an analysis of unemployment rates by city, the lowest is Ames, Iowa, at 2.2%, as of December 2015. In the 24/7 Wall St. report on the Cities With the Highest (and Lowest)…
1 in 3 American Families Struggle to Buy Diapers
The Obama administration plans to solve a little known problem, which is that almost one in three American families struggle to buy diapers.
Household Net Worth Hits Record $86.8 Trillion
A Federal Reserve report showed that the nation's net worth of households and nonprofits rose to $86.8 trillion during the fourth quarter of 2015.
Fast-Food Workers in Florida Walkout to March on GOP Debate
Fast-food workers in Miami walked off their jobs Thursday, just hours before the Republican candidates' debate Thursday evening.
Will Japan Follow the ECB With Another Rate Cut?
Japan recently adopted its own negative interest rate policy. Its long-term bond yields even hit record lows in recent days.
Odds Trump Will Win Nomination Move to 71%
Will Donald Trump win the the Republican nomination at the convention in Cleveland, which runs from July 18 to 21?
Weekly Jobless Claims Tank As Europe Enters More Quantitative Easing
Last week's jobless claims fell to 259,000. Bloomberg had the consensus estimate pegged higher at 272,000. We haven't seen claims this low since last October.
How Stocks May React to Britain’s EU Brexit Vote
In June, the citizens of the United Kingdom will vote on whether to stay in the European Union. The decision seems a momentous one, and indeed it is.
Wholesale Inventories Keep Rising
The U.S. Census Bureau's reading on wholesale trade in the month of January 2016 showed an increase in inventory levels.
Negative Yields in Japan Driving U.S. Bond Strength Ahead of Draghi
Japanese bond yields have managed to hit a new low. This happened on a day where stocks were selling off after three weeks of gains, so it seems to have helped push down yields…
Small Business Optimism Ticks Down in February
The National Federation of Independent Business has reported that its small business optimism index for February fell to 92.9, still well below the index's 42-year average.
Lower Credit Card Debt Doesn’t Curb Credit Growth
The Federal Reserve has reported that consumer credit increased at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.6% in January.