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But a president who built a powerful political movement partly on channeling heartland grievances over the faded American ...

For a decade after the global financial crisis of 2007-09 rich-world productivity growth was, by historical standards, dead.

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For the first time in three years, Americans’ wages are no longer outpacing inflation.

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Chris Nassetta said lower-income consumers could soon benefit from falling interest rates and growing tech investment.