Wrap up your workout at least three hours before you hit the sack: Exercise can be too stimulating near bedtime.

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The Bank of England may want to wait to make sure any extra money doesn't boost consumer activity too much, before stimulating it further with lower rates.

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It is an intriguing policy for a number of reasons, not least because some would say it is counter-intuitive to tackle the problem of housing that's too expensive for young people by stimulating prices.

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Research at UCLA found that too much time spent on social media and too little time in social interaction is stimulating brain cell alteration and neurotransmitter release.

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Hopefully in the coming year, the Federal Reserve can find a happy medium between stimulating growth and not keeping rates too low for too long, and lenders will again open up credit lines but also hold borrowers to a higher standard.

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"I think it will be good for stimulating growth in the global economy, and it will be good for us, too, " Ms. Yellen said.

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Too many economists--and, in their wake, a lot of politicos and policymakers--think that stimulating the economy means pumping more money into it, by giving people and businesses more money through tax cuts or rebates or by simply increasing government spending.

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