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Private Sector Employment Increased by 177,000 Jobs in June
Private sector employment increased by 177,000 jobs from May to June according to the June ADP National Employment Report®. Broadly distributed…
Read More »Trump Effect: Economic activity continues meteoric rise
Business Activity Index at 63.9% New Orders Index at 63.2% Employment Index at 53.6% Economic activity in the non-manufacturing sector grew in…
Read More »Auto Loan Interest Rates Hit Nine-Year High in June
Rates rise 17 percent since January as automakers curtail zero percent financing offers Auto loan interest rates are expected to…
Read More »Keurig – Dr. Pepper merger gets go ahead from shareholders
Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. (NYSE: DPS) today announced that its shareholders have approved two proposals to allow for the…
Read More »Rent Prices for Two and Three-Bedroom Homes Rising Fast
Monthly rent for two and three-bedroom homes are appreciating 2.8 percent annually, which is faster than one-bedroom homes and the…
Read More »Top Jobs paying $20+ an hour that don’t require college
In the market for a job where you can make a good living without a college degree? CareerBuilder published a…
Read More »Housing Demand Index Up 7% in May
Housing demand increased 7.4% in May according to the Redfin Housing Demand Index just released. The rise was driven by a…
Read More »Harley Davidson threatens to move production outside USA, but .. they already have
In response to unfair European Union tariffs on its motorcycles, Harley-Davidson says it will move some production out of the…
Read More »Kroger finalizes purchase of meal kit maker Home Chef
The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) and Home Chef, the country’s largest private meal kit company, today finalized a deal that…
Read More »A Guide to Starting Property Flipping
Flipping is where you buy a property, refurbish it, and sell it to make income. You will find that you…
Read More »Household Debt to Surpass 2008 Peak by $1 Trillion
A report released Thursday finds that American household debt is currently on pace to exceed the prior peak debt level from…
Read More »Mortgage Payments Require Largest Share of Income Since 2009
Monthly mortgage payments on the typical U.S. home required 17.1 percent of the median income in Q1 2018. From 1985…
Read More »Report: Jeep Cherokee takes top spot in American-Made Index
Today, Cars.com (NYSE: CARS) released its annual American-Made Index to help car shoppers determine the “most American” vehicles of 2018. Vehicles at…
Read More »U.S. home prices least affordable in a decade
U.S. home prices in the first quarter were at the least affordable level since Q3 2008 according to ATTOM Data…
Read More »Trump Effect: Best truck freight market ever seen
The American Trucking Association (ATA) says in its May report that the economy is continuing to produce an amazingly robust market for…
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