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Harvard economist Claudia Goldin has illuminated issues such as the gender gap in pay, child and elder care, and the shortfall in women economists.

And that would mean your paycheck’s purchasing power would be getting a boost relative to inflation.

And yet banks are loaning out more money than a year ago.

“After having my urban hikes for about a year, I realized that if I wanted my business to grow, that I would need to focus full time on it, and that was a scary leap,” said Lisa Peña, owner of Urban Hikes Kansas City.

The pandemic is still having a domino effect on small businesses. Here’s what happened to three of them.

If there aren’t people ready to build, install, and maintain the solar panels and electric cars that money is paying for, billions in federal funding dollars could go to waste.

The World Trade Organization predicted trade would grow by 1.7% in 2023. It’s been revised to 0.8% due in part to stubborn inflation.

Since the end of September, Brent Crude has been sliding — down to the $84-a-barrel range, more than a 10% decline in just over a week. This is also playing out at the pump, with gas down about eight cents a gallon in the last week.

Because nobody’s thinking about wearing denim when it’s 110 degrees outside.

The answer might disappoint you.