Economics

Is Nursing Recession Proof?

Nursing employment and pay increased during the recession, corroborating prior research that suggested nursing is a recession-resistant, countercyclical profession. Are employment in healthcare recession-proof? Is health-care unaffected by the economic downturn? Is healthcare pandemic-proof, or is that a more accurate question to ask? Surprisingly, the COVID-19 public health catastrophe has wreaked havoc on the healthcare

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Will Inflation Go Down?

With everyone anticipating inflation to continue, workers demanded raises to keep up with growing prices, and employers were eager to give them because their competitors’ costs were projected to rise at the same rate as their own. As a result, inflation became self-perpetuating: everyone was raising prices in anticipation of others rising prices. To break

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How To Offset Inflation?

“While cash isn’t a growth asset, it will typically stay up with inflation in nominal terms if inflation is accompanied by rising short-term interest rates,” she continues. CFP and founder of Dare to Dream Financial Planning Anna N’Jie-Konte agrees. With the epidemic demonstrating how volatile the economy can be, N’Jie-Konte advises maintaining some money in

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