Leading economists have called on Chancellor George Osborne to scrap the 50p top rate of income tax. But why and are they right? We explain.
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The U.S. homeownership rate continues to decline as the housing bubble deflates further , new Census Bureau data show. And the rate is falling fastest in the West. The national homeownership rate -- t
Article answers the question: "While a high unemployment rate indicates an economy in distress , is a 0% rate really ideal for a country? I realize that a tiny percentage of unemployed is inevitable b
Census Bureau data released in September showed that the number of multifamily households jumped 11.7 percent from 2008 to 2010 , reaching 15.5 million , or 13.2...
Too few American officials recognise the need to boost demand: THE financial crisis is what went wrong with the American economy. As Richard Koo would say—as he has said over and over and over again
The threshold for the 40 per cent tax rate is being lowered from £43 ,875 to £42 ,475 , and around 750 ,000 people will be affected , while welfare cuts will cost families around £1.8bn.
Twice a month Gallup polls approximately 30 ,000 adults on unemployment. This survey is Not Seasonally Adjusted (NSA). Before I get to the data , this is a reminder that the employment series really
And in further good news productivity - the level of output per hour worked - rose 2.6 per cent in the final three months of last year.
• Least well off households pay 4.3% , while the richest pay 2.7%• Soaring food and energy bills cause worst impactPoor people in Britain are suffering from a far higher inflation rate than the ri
WASHINGTON — The unemployment rate dropped sharply last month to 9 percent , the lowest level in nearly two years. But the economy generated only 36 ,000...
An interesting question is why the unemployment rate fell so sharply , even with relatively few payroll jobs added (103 ,000 jobs added in December). First , it is important to remember that there ar