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How much value has the US Dollar lost or gained in 2020, compared to the US Dollar in 2019?
There's a lot of news about the Federal Reserve printing money. I have a hard time imagining the relative change in value of the USD. (or EURO for that matter)
I tried to calculate but it's hard:
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if you're a federal employee and you quit during the shutdown will you still get backpay?
Right now there are 800,000 or so furloughed federal employees that aren't being paid. Many of these employees are being forced to continue working despite not having received a paycheck.
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To know if I want to hold Municipal Bonds, I want to know the percent of unfunded pension liabilities ($3.8T) to total state and local gov liabilities
I'm pondering whether or not to hold Municipal Bonds in my portfolio. My concern is that Municipalities seem to be stressed because unfunded pension liabilities keep growing and this seems alarming.
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Are taxes payable on bounties offered by governments?
Say the police is offering 1 million US dollars for information leading to a capture of a notorious criminal. Say you provide this information to the police, and they have to pay you 1 million of ...
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