Poverty rate declines significantly
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The nation's poverty rate dropped last year, the first significant decline since President Bush took office.
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The federal government delivered a triple dose of negative economic news on poverty, income and health insurance on Thursday and showed that once again the average Arizona family had less money for things such as food, clothing and shelter.
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com Daily Report. The nation&#39;s unemployment rate dropped by 0.1 percentage point to 5.4 percent in November, according to the report Friday by the US Labor Department&#39;s Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Residents of poor neighborhoods are experiencing alarming rates of diabetes and steady increases in other chronic illnesses like heart disease, while other residents have seen slower increases or even declines.
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More than 900,000 people in Scotland are living in poverty, including 240,000 children, a study warns.
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Despite a war on poverty that began  more than four decades ago, the ranks of the hungry and  homeless in the United States are increasing even as government  funding declines, a study released on Tuesday found.
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Some 1.3 million Americans slid into  poverty in 2003 as the ranks of the poor rose 4 percent to 35.9  million, with children and blacks worse off than most, the U.S.  government said on Thursday in a report sure to fuel Democratic  criticism of President Bush.
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The gap between rich and poor remains huge, but a survey of global health finds that significantly fewer people in poorer countries say they have had to go without food or health care because they lacked the money to pay for it.
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CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia&#39;s jobless rate fell to 5.3 percent last month, the lowest level for 27 years, the government said Thursday.
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A national health report released Monday shows that progress in the nation&#39;s overall healthiness is slowing dramatically and even declining in some areas -- a trend that&#39;s reflected locally.
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Business & money: Wage growth in the public sector slows to lowest level in nine years.
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The poverty rate dipped in 2006, the first significant decline in the Bush presidency. Median household income bumped up slightly.
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Some experts contend that high borrowing rates and low supply signal ongoing decline.
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Fewer people are living in extreme poverty in the East Asia-Pacific region, the World Bank said Tuesday.
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The US Census Bureau announced Thursday that the number of citizens living in poverty and without health insurance rose in 2003. The government agency says the poverty rate rose from 12.
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Business & money: Official data reveals a worse-than-expected fall in retail sales last month
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Washington -- About 1.3 million Americans slid into poverty in 2003, the US Census Bureau said yesterday in a report that fuelled Democratic criticism of President George W. Bush.