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Latino and black Americans hit worst by hard times

August 30, 2011 – 7:47 pm

by Hans Eisenbeis WHAT’S HAPPENING The Great Recession did not hurt all Americans equally. It tended to punish the middle and lower classes worse than the well-off, and it hurt men more than women. But a July 2011 study shows that the biggest disparity may have been racial. According to the Pew Research Center, Latino […]

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More extended families are living under one roof

April 5, 2010 – 6:05 am

by Hans Eisenbeis WHAT’S HAPPENING With as much as 12 months’ worth of home inventory on the market, and empty apartments everywhere, one might ask where everyone went. The answer, in many cases, is “back home.” Analysts looking closely at Census Bureau information have learned that multigenerational living has increased dramatically since the beginning of […]

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It’s official: Millennials are moving back home to duck the recession

December 17, 2009 – 6:42 am

by Hans Eisenbeis WHAT’S HAPPENING Anecdotally, we’ve known times are tough for Millennials. If they’ve been to college, they carry mountains of debt, and they’ve been hit harder than any other generation in the area of unemployment. Now the Pew Center and the U.S. Census confirm that many are dealing with the economy by heading […]

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