As election season in this swing state draws to a close, we ask: What effect does New Hampshire’s status as a swing state have on the state’s economy? Economist Brian Gottlob says that the short, high-profile events of the general election can be costly for the cities that host them, and they don’t add much […]
It’s been a crazy couple of weeks, with financial tremors continuing to shake-up the jagged economic landscape. National GDP barely went up, Congress made an 11th hour deal to raise the debt ceiling, S&P downgraded the US credit rating anyway, and the Federal Reserve decided to hold interest rates steady—at virtually nothing—for the next two […]
It’s been a crazy couple of weeks on Wall Street. First came the bad-ish news: The GDP grew…but not by much. Then came the good-ish news: Congress made an 11th hour deal to raise the debt ceiling and avert default…but it didn’t immediately solidify the country’s AAA credit rating. Just yesterday, the stock market fell, […]
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