PRICES & SPENDING • May 2019 • Volume 8 / Number 7
Are most Americans cutting the cord on landlines?
Look around. It seems as though everyone—from very young children to older adults--is scrolling, talking, searching, ordering, video chatting, emailing, or playing on a cell phone. Cellular phone services accounted for an increasing share of spending on all telephone services every year from 2007 to 2017.
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After the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics National Compensation Survey (NCS) program researched the potential effects of the law on published measures.
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