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Google Banning Ads for Payday Loans

By Jenn Loro - May 13, 2016 08:41 AM EDT

As a response to the growing demand for restrictions against payday loans, Google has announced its ban on ads related to predatory lending practices. Other Silicon Valley titans like Facebook has already made a similar restriction on loans designed to push people deeper into the debt trap.

Yellen Says Interest Rate Hike Depends on Labor Market

By Sarah Price - Aug 25, 2014 12:19 PM EDT

At the annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Janet Yellen, the chairwoman of the U.S. Federal Reserve said that a further increase in short-term interest rates would depend on the labor market.

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