Economics
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Why Aren’t Home Efficiency Scores for Real Estate Listed?
Why Aren’t Home Efficiency Scores for Online Real Estate Listed? Realtors say such scores are useful for buyers and can open the door to broader conversations about home energy use. Portland now requires Home Energy Scores to be included in online aggregators such as Redfin and Zillow. Consumers rely on labels and scores to understand
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Climate-Change Fight Hurts the Poor
U.S. EPA chief claims climate-change fight hurts the poor The head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday accused Democrats of hurting the poor with policies aimed at fighting climate change, and said the agency would keep supporting development and deregulation if President Donald Trump is re-elected. The speech, on the EPA’s 50th anniversary,
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What is the REAL Inflation Rate
“What is the real inflation rate?” The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a set of methods that track the inflation rate, monitored by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS). The CPI chart on the home page reflects our estimate of inflation for today as if it were calculated the same way it was in