Money & The Economy

Strong Demand Pushes Up New York City Rents Ahead of Peak Rental Season

Ahead of peak rental season, apartment shoppers can expect to see slightly higher rent prices than last year, particularly in…

8 years ago

Hormel Foods Announces Record Second Quarter Results And Reaffirms Full Year Guidance

Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL), a leading global branded food company, today reported results for the second quarter of fiscal…

8 years ago

Trump Effect: The US Overtakes Hong Kong at First Place Among World’s Most Competitive Economies

The 2018 IMD World Competitiveness Rankings emphasize a long-term trend highlighted in past editions - that the countries on the top of…

8 years ago

Auto Sales Expected to Lift in May

Edmunds forecasts that 1,565,683 new cars and trucks will be sold in the U.S. in May for an estimated seasonally adjusted annual…

8 years ago

Trump Effect: Summer Hiring Strongest in a Decade; Employers Turning to Benefits and Wages to Compete for Workers

A new survey revealed that the overwhelming majority (95 percent) of employers are adding more shifts this summer and more than…

8 years ago

REPORT: Dysfunctional Policies Force New Yorkers To Pay 46 Times More For Energy Than Their Neighbors

  by Tim Pearce Natural gas prices in the New York City region skyrocketed in January, costing New Yorkers roughly…

8 years ago

Retail credit card delinquency highest since 2011

Delinquency rates on private label retail credit cards rose 57 basis points to 4.65 percent over March 2017 on outstanding balances of $81.7…

8 years ago

KBB: 10 Coolest New Cars Under $20,000 for 2018

While the average new car on the road today costs more than $35,000, there are still plenty of vehicle options available…

8 years ago

Deer and Racoon top list of animal-related insurance claims

A new study was released today on the number of animal-related insurance losses for the years 2014-2017. The National Insurance…

8 years ago

Truck Tonnage Index Increased 2.2% in April, 9.5% year-over-year

All of the recent economic indicators, current and forward-looking have demonstrated that the Trump administration's America First agenda is having…

8 years ago