When analysts want to know how Americans are feeling about the economy, they look to consumer surveys from The Conference Board and the University of Michigan. But they each paint a slightly different picture of people under age 35.
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New research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland finds that earning a college degree can still help you keep a job and get higher wages, but it’s less of an advantage than it used to be.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics usually collects data in real time. So it may not be able to capture October prices or jobs data that was missed during the shutdown.
