Finance & Economics

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Europe's Money Is Building America's Future, Not Its Own

European savers pour their wealth into American shares, funding the very companies inventing the next era. The returns are real, yet the continent risks becoming a customer of the future rather than its maker.

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Finance & Economics

The American Consumer Looks Strong, Until You Look Closer

Spending has carried the United States economy past one gloomy forecast after another. Beneath the resilient headline, though, a widening gap between richer and poorer households is testing how long the run can last.

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