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Small Firms Find Tight Labor Market A Costly Challenge

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While entrepreneurs continue to reflect record-level optimism, their top concerns are increasingly including the tight labor market and the importance of retaining staff in such a climate. “And that’s the way the market economy works, for better or worse.” How did small businesses fare in job growth last month?

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Economic Nexus Laws’ Unexpected Impacts On Restricted Substance Retailers

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eCommerce sales tax laws are having unintended consequences in the tobacco industry. These laws were meant to make online sellers face sales tax requirements similar to those for retailers with on-the-ground locations, putting both types of businesses on equal footing. in 2017 had a 52.75

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The link between mortgage debt servicing burdens and arrears: is there a critical threshold?

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It is calculated by taking a household’s mortgage payments (including interest and principal) and dividing them by their pre-tax income. The results have four major implications: If a household does not spend more than around 15% of their pre-tax income on mortgage payments, a higher DSR does not increases their risk of payment shortfalls.

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Location, location, location? How UK housing preferences shifted during the pandemic

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Changes in the UK housing market trends since the start of the pandemic To analyse trends in the housing markets during the pandemic, we examine differences in growth rates of housing prices across different regions of the UK, as well as across different types of housing (such as flats versus detached, semi-detached or terraced houses).

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The Lebron Effect On Payments

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From concept to its launch in January of 2018, Amazon Go took five years to make it to market with its first location, found on the ground floor of the firm’s new headquarters. According to its internal numbers, Lyft now controls 35 percent of the national ridesharing market, up from 20 percent 18 months ago.

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Bitcoin’s Resplendent Week

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This rogue group also voiced fears that bitcoin’s strong position in the market could be usurped by an alternative digital currency. The father-and-son team began experimenting with bitcoin in 2010, and their experience with electrical, plumbing and home heating systems gave them “an understanding of what these machines require.”

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Guest Post: Third Quarter Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

First of all, if they continue to buy securities, they are removing many of the high quality securities from the marketplace, possibly causing a disruption or shortage in the markets. We may be skeptical, but the markets keep telling us: Don’t fight the Fed! Maybe it is nationally, but Bucks County (PA) has yet to participate.