Prices in China are stagnating, putting more pressure on Beijing to jump-start the economy

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A woman counts Chinese yuan notes at a market in Beijing, July 1, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Lee
Beijing is under fresh pressure to stimulate the economy after prices stagnated in September.

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3 US-based academics awarded the Nobel prize in economics for their work on wealth inequality

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Nobel Committee announces the winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Science during a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 14, 2024
The Nobel committee announces the winners of the 2024 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

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Russia pitches trading centers in a widening plan to move away from the US-dominated global financial order

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Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime is looking to establish a non US-centric financial and trading order.

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Gen Z's new status symbol: super-expensive snacks

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Grocery bag filled with cash, produce, and high end items popular with gen-z

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Budget brands are winning in China as people turn to cheap food and fashion

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Poeple walk by a Chinese national flag as they visit a shopping area in a historic neighbourhood in China.
Chinese consumers are looking to buy more for less.

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What 3 new national polls reveal about the state of the 2024 race

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Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are both working to attract the support of undecided voters.

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The blue wall battlegrounds will be won or lost on the economy. Here's where Harris stands in these critical states.

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Kamala Harris speaks in Flint, Michigan.
Vice President Kamala Harris' economic pitch is being put to the test in Michigan, a Midwestern battleground pivotal to her campaign.

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A basic income program funded by descendants of slave owners provides $1,000 a month as a form of reparations

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Buck and Gracie Close examine their family's historical records of slave ownership alongside a genealogist.
Buck and Gracie Close examine their family's records with genealogist Core Lyles at the White Homestead in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

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An artist used his $500 monthly basic income to build his hip hop career: 'It's not feasible to create art in a place of distress.'

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Tarli, a hip hop artist in St. Paul, poses in a black top and gold necklace
Tarli, 36, is a participant in Minnesota's guaranteed basic income program for artists.

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Feeling the pinch, groceries become a 'splurge' for millennials and Gen Z

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Younger generations are spending more on groceries than before.

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