Wage Growth Wanes The pandemic affected the economy in many ways. As businesses struggled to get workers to join them for the great reopening, low-wage jobs got a juicy pay boost. Fast forward to today, that wage boost effect is waning, and that might have a knock-on effect on the economy. Economic Tides Turning As…Read more
An Unlikely Surprise Twelve years ago, a former Wall Street banker bought an old Wyoming coal mine for roughly $2 million. But it might be worth many multiples of that. Government researchers discovered rare-earth elements in Randall Atkins’s mine. More testing is underway, but the excitement extends beyond the mine’s owner. Presently, the U.S. relies…Read more
From Campus to Cubicle A college education is often seen as a prerequisite to reach certain career and financial goals. But not all of today’s workers see it that way. Nearly half of employees feel that college failed to prepare them for their current job, according to a survey of workers in the U.S., U.K.,…Read more
