Posts by Zameena Mejia
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The Millennial Come Back
By Zameena Mejia Payal Batra graduated college in May of 2015 and spent months looking through job-search websites, refreshing them five to six times a day, losing hope with each click. […]
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5 Things To Watch In the Personal Income and Outlays Report
By Zameena Mejia The country’s economy showed its weakest performance in two years, as highlighted in 2016’s Gross Domestic Product first quarter report, released Thursday, April 28 by the Department […]
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Soft growth in February’s personal income and spending numbers still show signs of an improving economy
By Zameena Mejia The U.S. economy started the year off with strong numbers empowering American consumers, but what does February’s softer growth in personal income and consumer spending mean for […]
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Nonprofits are far from being a minimum wage nonfactor
Nonprofit organizations exist to help low-income workers and give them better opportunities in life but when it comes to the fight to raise minimum wages they are afraid their businesses […]
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New Year, New Econo-‘Me’: Americans Start Off 2016 By Earning and Spending More
By: Zameena Mejia The U.S. economy picked up steam in early 2016 as consumers earned and spent more, surpassing weak expectations and overcoming December’s bleak spending. Consumer spending rose 0.5 […]