
You probably know a woman supporting an unemployed man. Maybe you’ve been that woman. What used to be an embarrassing secret has quietly become a macroeconomic data point, and the Federal Reserve has the receipts. As of early 2026, women held more nonfarm payroll jobs than men in the United States. This has happened twice
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics published new consumer price index data last Wednesday, showing the inflation rate held steady at 2.4% in February as expected. Core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, also held steady at 2.5%. However, that report was based on data mainly gathered before the start of the Iran war,
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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sue Miller, 83, who lives in Wisconsin. Miller raised three children, two grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren, much of which was on her own. Miller now lives alone near her autistic son and works as a lunch lady. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
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Imagine a small concert venue, maybe 900 people, give or take. That’s relatively the size of a small cruise ship, or the average public high school in the U.S. A group that size collectively holds more wealth than the bottom half of the country combined, because that’s roughly how many billionaires live in the U.S.
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American companies are approaching what one top economist is calling a “Cortés moment” on artificial intelligence—a point of irreversible commitment that could reshape the U.S. labor market in ways not yet visible in the data, but coming fast. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, invoked the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés— who burned his boats
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